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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
John L. Nightingale, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gregory J. Spooner, Kensington, CA (US);
David A. Gollnick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dean A. Macfarland, Magnolia, MA (US);
John L. Nightingale, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Gregory J. Spooner, Kensington, CA (US);
David A. Gollnick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dean A. MacFarland, Magnolia, MA (US);
Cutera, Inc., Brisbane, CA (US);
Abstract
A fluorescence concentrator system that provides for high brightness light source. The system can include a host doped with fluorescent material, which is optically pumped by an adjacent illumination source. The fluorescence concentrator captures a portion of the isotropically emitted fluorescent light and guides it to an output surface. The fluorescent energy emerging the output surface provides a high brightness light source suitable for a number of applications. For example, the fluorescence concentrator system can be used as the light source in a medical apparatus suitable for various aesthetic procedures. Further aspects of the fluorescent concentrator system can include providing for controlling the illumination source to output pumping energy suitable for high energy applications.