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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
Battelle Energy Alliance, Llc, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Cody A. Dennett, Arlington, MA (US);
Robert S. Schley, Rigby, ID (US);
Yuzhou Wang, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
David H. Hurley, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Geoffrey L. Beausoleil, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Daniel J. Murray, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Michael J. Moorehead, Rigby, ID (US);
Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to measuring thermal properties. At least one embodiment includes a method including heating a location of an object with an excitation laser beam, the excitation laser beam being a continuous-wave laser beam modulated by a square-wave modulation waveform. The method may also include measuring temperature at the location over time by measuring changes in one or more reflective properties at the location. Related apparatuses are also disclosed.