An optical switch
Abstract
The invention is a gas mixture for a diffuse discharge switch having an electron attaching gas wherein electron attachment is brought about by indirect excitation of molecules to long live states by exposure to laser light. 3 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6883546
- Patent Number(s):
- 6044178
- Application Number:
- ON: DE89000215
- Assignee:
- to Dept. of Energy
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G06 - COMPUTING G06T - IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84OR21400
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; SWITCHES; DESIGN; CARBON COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INVENTIONS; LASERS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; Q-SWITCHING; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; 420300* - Engineering- Lasers- (-1989); 400500 - Photochemistry
Citation Formats
Christophorou, L G, and Hunter, S R. An optical switch. United States: N. p., 1987.
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title = {An optical switch},
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abstractNote = {The invention is a gas mixture for a diffuse discharge switch having an electron attaching gas wherein electron attachment is brought about by indirect excitation of molecules to long live states by exposure to laser light. 3 figs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1987},
month = {4}
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