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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 24, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael R Osborne, Ickenham, GB;
Keith H Bayliss, Bridgnorth, GB;
Assignee:
United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, Didcot, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 84 ; 372 55 ; 372 83 ; 372 64 ;
Abstract
A light source including a gaseous medium which is excited to a light-emitting state by means of a microwave electromagnetic field, wherein the electromagnetic field is generated by circularly polarised microwave radiation. A preferred form of the invention is a laser.