Intellectual Property

Publicly Held Patents

Title

Patent No.

Systems and Methods for Igniting Explosives

7987760

Disabling a Target Using Electrical Energy

8004816

High Voltage Generation

7542314

Barrier Piercing Electrode

7944674

Generation of Optical Filaments by Use of Phase Plate

7050469

Generation of Optical Filaments by Use of Localized Optical Inhomogeneities

7277460

Controlled Optical Filament Generation and Energy Propagation

7903698

Regenerative Laser Amplifier

7982947

Loosely Coupled Parallel Resonant Converter

6934165

Intrinsically Safe Systems and Methods for Generating Bi-Polar High Voltage

8358521

Electrical Energy Discharge Control

7465900

Axial Walk Off Multi-Pass Amplifiers

8896915

Off Axis walk Off Multi-Pass Amplifiers
8749880
Multi-Pass Optical System for a Pump Laser

8665516

Regenerative Laser Amplifier

8891162

Systems and Method for Igniting Explosives

8499675

Optical Surveillance Systems and Methods

9103723

Off Axis Walk Off Multi-Pass Amplifiers

8605355

Optical Amplifier for Microwave Bursts

8582612

Systems and Methods for Igniting

8578830

Systems and Methods for Igniting

8578831

Systems and Methods for Enhancing

8344338

Disabling a Target using Electrical

8274776

Angular Shear Plate

7561346

High Voltage Generation Systems

7394226

High Voltage Generator with Multiple Inductive Couplings

8274806

Government Sensitive Patent Applications*

Title

Patent No.

Systems and Methods for Transferring Electrical Energy

Secrecy Order

Laser Induced Seeded Channel Placement

Secrecy Order

Systems and Methods for Transferring Electrical Energy

Secrecy Order

Systems and Methods for Generating an Energy Channel

Secrecy Order

Electrical Energy Transfer

Secrecy Order

Seeding Energy Transfer Channels with a Laser and the Optical Elements and Methods Thereof

Secrecy Order

Systems and Methods for Discharging Electrical Energy

Secrecy Order

Aiming and Energy Discharge Electrode

Secrecy Order

Plasma Locations

Secrecy Order

High Voltage Cathode

Secrecy Order

Electrical Energy Transfer

Secrecy Order

* As defined by Section 35 of the US Code of Federal Regulations (CFR): A Secrecy Order remains in effect for a period of one year from its date of issuance. A Secrecy Order may be renewed for additional periods of not more than one year upon notice by a government agency that the national interest so requires. The applicant is notified of any such renewal.

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Our technical and scientific team is led by Steve McCahon, a cofounder and scientific pioneer in the field of ultrashort pulse lasers. Learn more about his, and the entire executive teams’ background.