Patents by Inventor Thomas Brabec

Thomas Brabec 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 tunable generation of coherent radiation
    Patent number: 9496681
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating tunable attosecond-scale radiation pulses, with a frequency in range of ultraviolet to soft-X-ray, from a solid-state medium. The invention utilizes an intense laser pulse to drive a high harmonic generation (HHG) process in a solid state medium and a weak secondary field to control the HHG process. The weak secondary field has a frequency equal to the second harmonic of the intense laser pulse. The spatial, temporal and spectral properties of the HHG process and the emitted harmonic beam are tuned by adjusting the relative delay between the two fields and the intensity of the weak secondary field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: University of Ottawa
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul Corkum, Thomas Brabec
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TUNABLE GENERATION OF COHERENT RADIATION
    Publication number: 20160149371
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed for generating tunable attosecond-scale radiation pulses, with a frequency in range of ultraviolet to soft-X-ray, from a solid-state medium. The invention utilizes an intense laser pulse to drive a high harmonic generation (HHG) process in a solid state medium and a weak secondary field to control the HHG process. The weak secondary field has a frequency equal to the second harmonic of the intense laser pulse. The spatial, temporal and spectral properties of the HHG process and the emitted harmonic beam are tuned by adjusting the relative delay between the two fields and the intensity of the weak secondary field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Inventors: Giulio Vampa, Paul Corkum, Thomas Brabec