Photonics

Control system to optimize laser source in MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry providing improved efficiency to the proteomics and drug discovery industries.

The invention is a computer software product that controls ultra-fast pulsed lasers providing improved performance to the Materials Processing and Instrumentation industries.

This technology compensates for dispersion in pulsed lasers providing a robust, low cost calibration useful in the Photonics and Materials Processing industries.

This technology is a modification of existing electronic speckle pattern interferometers (ESPI) used in measuring physical changes along the surface of materials in a variety of industrial and medical applications. The invention uses an approximately common path interferometer thus enabling portability in using this powerful system in factories and in the field, which are currently cost prohibitive.

A method of using UV light and ozone for cleaning "mold release" agents from the surface of plastic and metal parts (e.g., for molding plastics). This method could replace the more expensive chemical cleaning in the manufacturing industries of automobiles, electronics, and consumer products.