US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS, ENERGETIQ TECHNOLOGY on March 17 for "Dual-output laser-driven light source" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,076, issued on March 17, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Shizuoka, Japan) and ENERGETIQ TECHNOLOGY INC. (Wilmington, Mass.).

"Dual-output laser-driven light source" was invented by Qingsong Wang (Lexington, Mass.) and Huiling Zhu (Lexington, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual-output light source includes a laser-driven light source that generates light from a thermal plasma over an angular range of emission of at least 180 degrees. A first and second off-axis conical mirror are positioned within the at least 180 degrees of emission of the thermal plasma so that light generated by the plasma propagating from a firs...