Patents by Inventor Wayne S. Solomon

Wayne S. Solomon 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).

  • Method, system and apparatus for an electrically assisted chemical oxygen iodine laser
    Patent number: 6501780
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system are provided herein for an electrically assisted chemical oxygen iodine laser. The preferred system, in accordance with the present invention, includes a laser resonator with a laser-active gas mixture of at least excited oxygen and dissociated iodine. A first electrical generator in which a primary flow of at least excited oxygen is electrically generated from a first gas that includes at least ground state oxygen. A second electrical generator in which a secondary flow of at least dissociated iodine atoms is electrically generated from a second gas that includes at least diatomic iodine. The system further includes a means to inject the secondary flow into the primary flow to generate the laser-active gas mixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: CU Aerospace
    Inventors: David L. Carroll, Wayne S. Solomon, Joseph T. Verdeyen
  • Method, system and apparatus for an electrically assisted chemical oxygen iodine laser
    Publication number: 20010036215
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system are provided herein for an electrically assisted chemical oxygen iodine laser. The preferred system, in accordance with the present invention, includes a laser resonator with a laser-active gas mixture of at least excited oxygen and dissociated iodine. A first electrical generator in which a primary flow of at least excited oxygen is electrically generated from a first gas that includes at least ground state oxygen. A second electrical generator in which a secondary flow of at least dissociated iodine atoms is electrically generated from a second gas that includes at least diatomic iodine. The system further includes a means to inject the secondary flow into the primary flow to generate the laser-active gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2001
    Publication date: November 1, 2001
    Inventors: David L. Carroll, Wayne S. Solomon, Joseph T. Verdeyen