APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) masks for EUV-made semiconductors BENEFITS: The alloy used can be controllably patterned by plasma processing via a newly discovered self-passivation mechanism of chromium Materials are easily etchable Process has very high material selectivity BACKGROUND: The fabrication of the mask absorber is a … [Read more...] about Improved Mask Absorber for Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography 2019-058
Photonics
Novel Solderless Interconnects for Narrow Cascaded Printed Circuit Boards and Sensor Probes 2020-104
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Sensor array development, such as sensor tubes used for agricultural applications for infrastructure monitoring and land management (to assess snowpack properties, avalanche risk, road, levy, pylon, and building stability, and for the prediction of landslides) LED strips Power supplies BENEFITS: Low production cost Locking … [Read more...] about Novel Solderless Interconnects for Narrow Cascaded Printed Circuit Boards and Sensor Probes 2020-104
Potentiostat Current-Potential Decoupler for Optimizing Electrochemical Processes 2020-078
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Electrochemical devices for various chemical transformations System that enables access to a new regime of electrochemistry for research & development Optimization system and method for industrial-scale electrochemical processes BENEFITS: Significantly expands the range of conditions (i.e. polarization coordinates) over which … [Read more...] about Potentiostat Current-Potential Decoupler for Optimizing Electrochemical Processes 2020-078
Algorithm for Deterministic Stabilization of Diffractive Laser Beam Combining 2019-173
APPLICATIONS: This invention, which has the potential to solve the scalability of active coherent stabilization when combining many amplified lasers into one high power beam, has many applications in scientific research, industry, and the military: Scientific research: could lead to next generation ultrafast lasers that also have high average power and high … [Read more...] about Algorithm for Deterministic Stabilization of Diffractive Laser Beam Combining 2019-173
Method for creating hollow or near-hollow plasma channels 2015-105
APPLICATIONS OF TECHNOLOGY: Critical for multi-GeV laser plasma accelerators Applications include medical devices for cancer treatment, advanced light sources, industry and manufacturing, musea, and particle physics ADVANTAGES: Allows for operation of capillary discharge technology at sufficiently low plasma density Provides reliable plasma structure for … [Read more...] about Method for creating hollow or near-hollow plasma channels 2015-105