Patents by Inventor Ronald Ruth

Ronald Ruth has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • X-RAY TRANSMISSIVE OPTICAL MIRROR APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20080031420
    Abstract: A mirror is reflective to light and transmissive to x-rays. The mirror has a continuous mirror surface and an x-ray aperture within a body portion of the mirror proximate the continuous mirror surface that is transmissive to x-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 7, 2008
    Inventors: Roderick Loewen, Jeffrey Rifkin, Ronald Ruth
  • APPARATUS SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR HIGH FLUX, COMPACT COMPTON X-RAY SOURCE
    Publication number: 20080002813
    Abstract: A Compton backscattering x-ray source includes an electron storage ring for storing electron bunches. A timing system refreshes an orbiting electron bunch according to a schedule selected to improve at least one attribute of x-ray emission. In one implementation, the electron bunch is periodically refreshed with a period of at least about 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Publication date: January 3, 2008
    Applicant: LYNCEAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Jeffrey RIFKIN, Roderick LOEWEN, Ronald RUTH
  • Apparatus, system, and method for optical pulse gain enhancement for high-finesse external cavity
    Publication number: 20050271185
    Abstract: A passive optical resonator stores optical pulses within a cavity to increase the optical power level of input pulses via resonant reflections without the use of an internal optical gain medium. In one embodiment for a Compton backscattering system, the optical resonator is a passive high finesse optical resonator that includes a mirror that is transmissive to x-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventors: Roderick Loewen, Ronald Ruth
  • Apparatus, system, and method for frequency stabilized mode-locked laser
    Publication number: 20050254534
    Abstract: A high finesse optical resonator is used to store optical pulses of a mode-locked laser. The mode-locked laser is frequency stabilized by monitoring an optical attribute of the high finesse optical resonator indicative of a difference between a center frequency of the mode-locked laser and a resonant frequency of the high finesse optical resonator. In one embodiment FM sideband modulation is used to stabilize the mode-locked laser pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Roderick Loewen, Ronald Ruth
  • Apparatus, system, and method for generating phase-locked harmonic RF source from an optical pulse train
    Publication number: 20050254535
    Abstract: A mode-locked laser is frequency stabilized to generate phase-locked harmonic RF signals. In one embodiment a first feedback system stabilizes a laser frequency to an optical cavity frequency of the external cavity. A second feedback system may be used to stabilize the optical cavity to a reference frequency source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventors: Roderick Loewen, Ronald Ruth
  • X-ray transmissive optical mirror apparatus
    Publication number: 20050243966
    Abstract: A mirror is reflective to light and transmissive to x-rays. The mirror has a continuous mirror surface and an x-ray aperture within a body portion of the mirror proximate the continuous mirror surface that is transmissive to x-rays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Roderick Loewen, Jeffrey Rifkin, Ronald Ruth
  • Apparatus, system, and method for high flux, compact compton x-ray source
    Publication number: 20050226383
    Abstract: A Compton backscattering x-ray source includes an electron storage ring for storing electron bunches. A timing system refreshes an orbiting electron bunch according to a schedule selected to improve at least one attribute of x-ray emission. In one implementation, the electron bunch is periodically refreshed with a period of at least about 10 Hz.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jeffrey Rifkin, Roderick Loewen, Ronald Ruth