Patents by Inventor Suwas K. Nikumb

Suwas K. Nikumb 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).

  • Apparatus and method for burst-mode operation of a pulsed laser
    Patent number: 5107510
    Abstract: Apparatus and method of providing for the excitation of a pulsed laser in which the pulsed excitation energy is provided to the laser plasma volume in a series of bursts, each burst being characterized by containing sufficient pulses to sustain the laser pumping current and by being separated from the previous bursts by sufficient time for the laser plasma to recombine. Application of the burst mode enhancement technique is described with reference to a PIE or photo-initiated, inpulse-enhanced, electrically excited plasma excitation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1992
    Inventors: Herb J. J. Seguin, Suwas K. Nikumb