ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,039, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to XEMED LLC (Durham, N.H.).
"System and techniques for diode laser wavelength spectrum narrowing" was invented by Jan H. Distelbrink (Peabody, Mass.), F. William Hersman (Durham, N.H.) and Iulian Constantin Ruset (Exeter, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A diode laser system employing a vapor cell in an external cavity and related techniques are disclosed. The system may be configured to provide high-power, multi-mode output within one or more narrow ranges of wavelengths. A beam emitted from the laser along an initial optical axis passes through a vapor cell, where the effective ground-state ...