ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,028, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Board of Trustees of Michigan State University (East Lansing, Mich.).
"Laser activated luminescence system" was invented by Marcos Dantus (Okemos, Mich.) and Timothy A. Grotjohn (Okemos, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser activated luminescence system is provided. Another aspect pertains to a system employing a plasma assisted vapor deposition reactor which creates diamond layers on a substrate, in combination with a laser system to at least photoactivate and anneal the diamond layers. Yet another aspect of the present system uses a laser to assist with placement of color centers, suc...