Flexible, liquid core light guide with focusing and light shaping attachments
Abstract
A liquid light guide system for ultraviolet light is disclosed that has a light shaping arrangement for the emitted light, a stable liquid core and sheath and reliable and effective end closures. The end closures include a metal crimping arrangement that utilizes two layers of deformable materials to prevent cracking of endplugs.
- Inventors:
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- Yorktown, VA
- Grafton, VA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Southeastern Universities Research Associations (SURA), Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 872259
- Patent Number(s):
- 5896483
- Assignee:
- Southeastern Univ. Research Assn., Inc. (Newport News, VA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-84ER40150
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- flexible; liquid; core; light; guide; focusing; shaping; attachments; ultraviolet; disclosed; arrangement; emitted; stable; sheath; reliable; effective; closures; metal; crimping; utilizes; layers; deformable; materials; prevent; cracking; endplugs; liquid core; liquid light; ultraviolet light; light guide; emitted light; stable liquid; light shaping; shaping attachments; shaping arrangement; violet light; core light; /385/
Citation Formats
Wojcik, Randolph Frank, Majewski, Stanislaw, Zorn, Carl John, and Kross, Brian. Flexible, liquid core light guide with focusing and light shaping attachments. United States: N. p., 1999.
Web.
Wojcik, Randolph Frank, Majewski, Stanislaw, Zorn, Carl John, & Kross, Brian. Flexible, liquid core light guide with focusing and light shaping attachments. United States.
Wojcik, Randolph Frank, Majewski, Stanislaw, Zorn, Carl John, and Kross, Brian. Fri .
"Flexible, liquid core light guide with focusing and light shaping attachments". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872259.
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title = {Flexible, liquid core light guide with focusing and light shaping attachments},
author = {Wojcik, Randolph Frank and Majewski, Stanislaw and Zorn, Carl John and Kross, Brian},
abstractNote = {A liquid light guide system for ultraviolet light is disclosed that has a light shaping arrangement for the emitted light, a stable liquid core and sheath and reliable and effective end closures. The end closures include a metal crimping arrangement that utilizes two layers of deformable materials to prevent cracking of endplugs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1999},
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