US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on Oct. 6 for "Twister oven for photoconductive switches" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,373, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Twister oven for photoconductive switches" was invented by Michael Rushford (Livermore, Calif.), Lars F. Voss (Livermore, Calif.), Caitlin Anne Chapin (Fremont, Calif.), Joseph Devin Schneider (Danville, Calif.) and Victor Khitrov (San Ramon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices, systems, and methods for illuminating a photoconductive switch are disclosed. The disclosed technology minimizes an amount of light that is reflected back into an input optical waveguide. The disclosed technology provides an illumination oven that de...