System and method to maintain vacuum, or to selectively exclude/admit electromagnetic energy

    公开(公告)号:US12140125B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-12

    申请号:US17361505

    申请日:2021-06-29

    Abstract: A conduit is placed between a vacuum system and the open air or other gaseous environment. A laser or other excitation source is used to ionize the air on the air-side of the conduit. An axial applied electric field is used to repel positive ions from traversing the tube and reaching the region of the vacuum. Electrons are collected in the vacuum region and disposed of using a Faraday cup. The repelled ions assist in creating a counter pressure to sweep neutral atoms out of the tube and back into the ambient air. As a result, a hollow tube can connect an evacuated volume to the open air without compromising the vacuum. This is a “windowless window.” An array of such tubes can be assembled together to increase the area of the aperture.

    APERTURES WITH DYNAMICALLY VARIABLE ELECTROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES

    公开(公告)号:US20210044364A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16537212

    申请日:2019-08-09

    Abstract: A dynamic aperture is disclosed. A dynamic aperture includes a base layer, a conductive structure disposed on the base layer, and a layer of a material having a dynamically controllable electrical conductivity that is disposed over the base layer and the conductive structure. A transmission profile of the dynamic aperture is determined by a combination of the conductive structure and the layer of the material. The transmission profile is dynamically alterable by controlling the electrical conductivity of the layer of the material.

    Optical window with integrated temperature sensing

    公开(公告)号:US12274044B2

    公开(公告)日:2025-04-08

    申请号:US18369573

    申请日:2023-09-18

    Abstract: A method of controlling a temperature profile of an optical window comprising: measuring a temperature-dependent electrical property of a thermally sensitive material included in the optical window using an embedded electromagnetic interference shield in the optical window to determine the temperature profile of the optical window, the embedded electromagnetic interference shield including a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires; and based on the measurements, selectively biasing at least one wire of the two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires to locally alter the temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material in at least one selected spatial region of the optical window to control the temperature profile of the optical window.

    OPTICAL WINDOW WITH INTEGRATED TEMPERATURE SENSING

    公开(公告)号:US20240008234A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18369573

    申请日:2023-09-18

    CPC classification number: H05K9/0094 H05K9/0005 H05K9/0086

    Abstract: A method of controlling a temperature profile of an optical window comprising: measuring a temperature-dependent electrical property of a thermally sensitive material included in the optical window using an embedded electromagnetic interference shield in the optical window to determine the temperature profile of the optical window, the embedded electromagnetic interference shield including a two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires; and based on the measurements, selectively biasing at least one wire of the two-dimensional array of electrically conductive wires to locally alter the temperature-dependent electrical property of the thermally sensitive material in at least one selected spatial region of the optical window to control the temperature profile of the optical window.

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