ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,897, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to IDEA MACHINE DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND PRODUCTION LTD. (Rehovot, Israel).
"Disc laser" was invented by Mordechai Brestel (Rehovot, Israel) and Shlomo Turgeman (Rishon Letzion, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a laser system having a cylindrically-shaped annular mirror with at least one opening in its surface; a pair of planar metallic electrodes disposed proximate opposite edges of the annular mirror, normal to the axis of the annular mirror, the electrodes configured to have an RF field applied between them; a pair of end mirrors disposed at said at least one opening; and a...