Radiant energy – Ionic separation or analysis – With sample supply means
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-12
2006-09-12
Nguyen, Kiet T. (Department: 2881)
Radiant energy
Ionic separation or analysis
With sample supply means
Reexamination Certificate
active
07105811
ABSTRACT:
A control system and apparatus for use with laser ionization is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus includes a laser, pulse shaper, detection device and control system. A further aspect of the present invention employs a femtosecond laser and a mass spectrometer. In yet other aspects of the present invention, the control system and apparatus are used in MALDI, chemical bond cleaving, protein sequencing, photodynamic therapy, optical coherence tomography and optical communications processes.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4288691 (1981-09-01), Horton
patent: 5526171 (1996-06-01), Warren
patent: 5754292 (1998-05-01), Kane et al.
patent: 5936732 (1999-08-01), Smirl et al.
patent: 6042603 (2000-03-01), Fisher et al.
patent: 6057919 (2000-05-01), Machida et al.
patent: 6111251 (2000-08-01), Hillenkamp
patent: 6130426 (2000-10-01), Laukien et al.
patent: 6156527 (2000-12-01), Schmidt et al.
patent: 6219142 (2001-04-01), Kane
patent: 6296810 (2001-10-01), Ulmer
patent: 6327068 (2001-12-01), Silberberg et al.
patent: 6337606 (2002-01-01), Brombaugh et al.
patent: 6421154 (2002-07-01), Diels et al.
patent: 6573493 (2003-06-01), Futami et al.
patent: 6697196 (2004-02-01), Suzuki
patent: 6723991 (2004-04-01), Sucha et al.
patent: 2004/0145735 (2004-07-01), Silberberg et al.
patent: 2004/0155184 (2004-08-01), Stockman et al.
patent: 2004/0240037 (2004-12-01), Harter
patent: 2004/0263950 (2004-12-01), Fermann et al.
patent: WO 99/57318 (1999-11-01), None
patent: WO 00/70647 (2000-11-01), None
patent: WO 01/54323 (2001-07-01), None
patent: WO 02/061799 (2002-08-01), None
Teaching Laser to Control Molecules; Richard S. Judson et al.; Physical Review Letters; vol. 68, No. 10, pp. 1500-1503 (Mar. 9, 1992).
Feedback-controlled femtosecond pulse shaping; T. Brixner, A. Oehrlein, M. Strehle, G. Gerber; Applied Physics B70, Laser and Optics (2000); pp. S119-S124.
Feedback Quantum Control of Molecular Electronic Population Transfer; Chemical Physics Leters; Christopher J. Bardeen et al.; (published prior to Oct. 4, 2002) (19 pages).
Compression Of Amplified Chirped Optical Pulses; Optics Communications; Donna Strickland et al.; vol. 55, No. 6; (Oct. 15, 1985), pp. 447-449.
Femtosecond laser pulse shaping by use of microsecond radio-frequency pulses; C.W. Hillegas et al.; Optics Letters, vol. 19, No. 10 (May 15, 1994), pp. 737-739.
Ultrabroadband Femtosecond Lasers; Christian Spielmann et al.; IEEE Journal Of Quantum Electronics, vol. 30, No. 4 (Apr. 1994); pp. 1100-1114.
Programmable Shaping of Femtosecond Optical Pulses by Use of 128-Element Liquid Crystal Phase Modulator; Andrew M. Weiner et al.; IEEE Journal Of Quantum Electronics, vol. 28, No. 4 (Apr. 1992), pp. 908-920.
Back-side-coated chirped mirrors with ultra-smooth broadband dispersion characterisitcs; N. Matuschek et al.; Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics (Sep. 6, 2000); pp. 509-522.
Femtosecond pulse shaping by an evolutionary algorithm with feedback; T. Baumert et al.; Applied Physics B Lasers and Optics (1997); pp. 779-782.
Adaptive real-time femtosecond pulse shaping; D. Meshulach et al.; vol. 15, No. 5/May 1998/J. Opt. Soc. Am. B., pp. 1615-1619.
Femtosecond pulse shaping by dynamic holograms in photorefractive multiple quantum wells; Y. Ding et al.; Optics Letters/vol. 22, No. 10/May 15, 1997, pp. 718-720.
Engineerable femtosecond pulse shaping by second-harmonic generation with Fourier synthetic quasi-phase-matching gratings; G. Imeshev et al.; Optics Letters/vol. 23, No. 11/Jun. 1, 1998, pp. 864-866.
Controlling the Future of Matter; Bern Kohler et al.; Acc. Chem. Res. 1995, 28, pp. 133-140.
High-Resolution, Ultrafast Laser Pulse Shaping and Its Applications; J. X. Tull et al.; Advances in Magnetic And Optical Resonance, vol. 20, pp. 1-65 (1997).
Femtosecond pulse shaping using spatial light modulators; A.M. Weiner; Review Of Scientific Instruments, vol. 71, No. 5 (May 2000) pp. 1929-1960.
Chemisry with Photons; W. S. Warren; SCIENCE vol. 262, Nov. 12, 1993, pp. 1008-1009.
Transform-Limited Pulses Are Not Optimal for Resonant Multiphoton Transitions; Nirit Dudovich et al.; Physical Review Letters, vol. 86, No. 1 (Jan. 1, 2001) pp. 47-50.
Laser scanning third-harmonic-generation microscopy in biology; D. Yelin et al.; Optics Express; Oct. 11, 1999/ vol. 5, No. 8, pp. 169-175.
Coherent quantum control of two-photon transitions by a femtosecond laser pulse; Doron Meshulach et al.; NATURE/vol 396/Nov. 19, 1998, pp. 239-242.
Selective Bond Dissociation and Rearrangement with Optimally Tailored, Strong-Field Laser Pulses; Robert J. Levis et al.; SCIENCE, vol. 292 (Apr. 27, 2001) pp. 709-713.
Femtosecond pulse shaping with a stratified diffractive structure; Frank Schreier et al.; Optics Communications 185 (2000) pp. 227-231.
Nonlinear limits to the information capacity of optical fibre communications; Partha P. Mitra et al.; NATURE/vol 411/Jun. 28, 2001, pp. 1027-1030.
In vivo ultrahigh-resolution optical coherence tomography; W. Drexler et al.; Optics Letters; vol. 24, No. 17 (Sep. 1, 1999) pp. 1221-1223.
Mass spectrometry; McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia Of Science & Technology, 6thEd., pp. 492-502; 1987 (12 pages).
Coherent quantum control of multiphoton transitions by shaped ultrashort optical pulses; Doron Meshulach et al.; Physical Review A; vol. 60, No. 2 (Aug. 1999); pp. 1287-1292.
Nonlinear limits to the information capacity of optical fibre communications; Partha P. Mitra et al.; Nature/vol 411/Jun. 28, 2001, pp. 1027-1030.
Control of Chemical Reactions by Feedback-Optimized Phase-Shaped Femtosecond Laser Pulses; A. Assion et al.; SCIENCE; vol. 282 (Oct. 30, 1998) pp. 919-922.
Multiphoton Intrapulse Interference. 1. Control of Multiphoton Processes in Condensed Phases; Katherine A. Walowicz, Igor Pastirk, Vadim V. Lozovoy, and Marcos Dantus; American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. A; Aug. 2002 (5 pages).
Measuring ultrashort laser pulses in the time-frequency domain using frequency-resolved optical gating; Rick Trebino et al.; 1997 American Institute Of Physics; Rev. Sci. Instrum. 68 (9), Sep. 1997, pp. 3277-3295.
Ambuguity of Ultrashort Pulses Retrieved From the Intensity Autocorrelation and Power Spectrum Traces; J.-H. Chung et al.; CERIAS Tech Report 2002-01, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 7, No. 4; Jul./Aug. 2001, pp. 656-666.
Measuring Ultrashort Laser Pulses Just Got A Lot Easier!; Rick Trebino et al.; Optics & Photonics News, pp. 23-25, Jun. 2001.
Coherent control of second harmonic generation using spectrally phase coded femtosecond waveforms; Z. Zheng, et al.; Chemical Physics 267, (2001); pp. 161-171.
Spectral phase correlation of coded femtosecond pulses by second-harmonic generation in thick nonlinear crystals; Z. Zheng et al.; Optics Letters/vol. 25, No. 13/Jul. 1, 2000, pp. 984-986.
Mass-Correlated Pulsed Extraction: Theoretical Analysis and Implementation With a Linear matrix-Assisted laser Desorption/Ionization Time of Flight Mass Spectrometer; Slava V. Kovtoun et al.; American Society for Mass Spectrometry, (2000); pp. 841-853.
Femtoscond laser mass spectroscopy of ferrocenes: Photochemical stabilization by bridge cyclopentadienyl rings?; M. Clara et al.; International Journal of Mass Spectrometry 203 (2000), pp. 71-81.
GeneticAlgorithm-v4.nb; Marcos Dantus; Oct. 2001 to simulate an adaptive genetic algorithm, pp. 1-7.
Abstract-Laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry of peptides and proteins with particle suspension matrixes; M. Schurenberg et al.; Analytical Chemistry; 71 (1): 221-229; (Jan. 1, 1999); (1 page).
Abstract-Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionisation, an experience; F. Hillenkamp et al.; International Journal Of Mass Spectrometry; 200 (1-3): 71-77 (Dec. 25, 2000); (1 page).
Abstract-Innovative pulse shaping for high-performance wireless TDMA; B. Natarajan et al.; IEEE Communications Letters; 5 (9): 372-374 (Sep. 2001); (1 page).
Abstract-20-fs pulse shaping with a 512-element phase-only liquid crystal modulator; H. Wang et al.; IEEE Journal Of Selected Topics In Quantum Electronics; 7 (4): 719-727 (Jul.-Aug. 2001); (1 page).
Abstra
Dantus Marcos
Lozovoy Vadim V.
Board of Trustees operating Michigian State Univesity
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Nguyen Kiet T.
LandOfFree
Control system and apparatus for use with laser excitation... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Control system and apparatus for use with laser excitation..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Control system and apparatus for use with laser excitation... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3524805