James David Kafka

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Palo Alto, CA, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use
- Patent number 11,705,688
- Issue date Jul 18, 2023
- Newport Corporation
- David E. Spence
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Low repetition rate infrared tunable femtosecond laser source
- Patent number 11,165,218
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- MKS Instruments, Inc.
- James Kafka
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use
- Patent number 10,784,646
- Issue date Sep 22, 2020
- Newport Corporation
- David E. Spence
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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High-power ytterbium doped calcium fluoride mode-locked laser and m...
- Patent number 10,541,505
- Issue date Jan 21, 2020
- Newport Corporation
- Joseph Schaar
- G02 - OPTICS
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Diode pumped high peak power laser system for multi-photon applicat...
- Patent number 10,297,969
- Issue date May 21, 2019
- Newport Corporation
- Andrei C. Florean
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Fiber device and method for amplifying pulses of laser light
- Patent number 10,267,985
- Issue date Apr 23, 2019
- Newport Corporation
- James Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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Broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator
- Patent number 10,014,652
- Issue date Jul 3, 2018
- Newport Corporation
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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Broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator
- Patent number 8,902,939
- Issue date Dec 2, 2014
- Newport Corporation
- James D. Kafka
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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Methods and systems to enhance multiple wave mixing process
- Patent number 7,292,387
- Issue date Nov 6, 2007
- Spectra Physics, Inc.
- Hanna J. Hoffman
- G02 - OPTICS
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Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling
- Patent number 7,027,477
- Issue date Apr 11, 2006
- Spectra Physics Inc.
- Dirk Sutter
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Low-gain regenerative amplifier system
- Patent number 7,016,107
- Issue date Mar 21, 2006
- Spectra Physics, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping
- Patent number 7,003,011
- Issue date Feb 21, 2006
- Spectra Physics, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pu...
- Patent number 6,891,876
- Issue date May 10, 2005
- Spectra Physics, Inc.
- Dirk Sutter
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Remote UV laser system and methods of use
- Patent number 6,822,978
- Issue date Nov 23, 2004
- Spectra Physics, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Method and apparatus for micro-machining of articles that include p...
- Patent number 6,734,387
- Issue date May 11, 2004
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Extended lifetime harmonic generator
- Patent number 6,697,390
- Issue date Feb 24, 2004
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Lasers with low doped gain medium
- Patent number 6,504,858
- Issue date Jan 7, 2003
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- Emily Cheng
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Quasi-continuous wave lithography apparatus and method
- Patent number 6,421,573
- Issue date Jul 16, 2002
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Stack pumped vanadate amplifier
- Patent number 6,417,955
- Issue date Jul 9, 2002
- Spectra Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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Photonic crystal fiber system for sub-picosecond pulses
- Patent number 6,389,198
- Issue date May 14, 2002
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Method and apparatus to detect a flaw in a surface of an article
- Patent number 6,373,565
- Issue date Apr 16, 2002
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Laser writing method and apparatus
- Patent number 6,246,706
- Issue date Jun 12, 2001
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- G03 - PHOTOGRAPHY CINEMATOGRAPHY ELECTROGRAPHY HOLOGRAPHY
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Photonic crystal fiber system for sub-picosecond pulses
- Patent number 6,236,779
- Issue date May 22, 2001
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Lasers with low doped gain medium
- Patent number 6,185,235
- Issue date Feb 6, 2001
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- Emily Cheng
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Polarization based mode-locking of a laser
- Patent number 6,021,140
- Issue date Feb 1, 2000
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James B. Clark
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Broadly tunable single longitudinal mode output produced from multi...
- Patent number 6,016,323
- Issue date Jan 18, 2000
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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Broadly tunable single longitudinal mode output produced from multi...
- Patent number 5,889,800
- Issue date Mar 30, 1999
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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Synchronously pumped sub-picosecond optical parametric oscillator
- Patent number 5,847,861
- Issue date Dec 8, 1998
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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Mode locked laser and amplifier
- Patent number 5,812,308
- Issue date Sep 22, 1998
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Frequency conversion system
- Patent number 5,696,780
- Issue date Dec 9, 1997
- Spectra-Physics Lasers, Inc.
- Jan-Willem Pieterse
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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Laser System Having A Multi-Stage Amplifier and Methods of Use
- Publication number 20200373727
- Publication date Nov 26, 2020
- Newport Corporation
- David E. Spence
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Low Repetition Rate Infrared Tunable Femtosecond Laser Source
- Publication number 20200251878
- Publication date Aug 6, 2020
- Newport Corporation
- James KAFKA
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
Information Patent Application
High-Power Mode-Locked Laser System and Methods of Use
- Publication number 20200119512
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- Newport Corporation
- Joseph SCHAAR
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Diode Pumped High Peak Power Laser System for Multi-Photon Applicat...
- Publication number 20190006813
- Publication date Jan 3, 2019
- Newport Corporation
- Andrei C. Florean
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Laser System Having A Multi-Stage Amplifier and Methods of Use
- Publication number 20180159298
- Publication date Jun 7, 2018
- Newport Corporation
- David E. Spence
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
High-Power Ytterbium Doped Calcium Fluoride Mode-Locked Laser and M...
- Publication number 20180159292
- Publication date Jun 7, 2018
- Newport Corporation
- Joseph SCHAAR
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Fiber Device and Method for Amplifying Pulses of Laser Light
- Publication number 20180039018
- Publication date Feb 8, 2018
- Newport Corporation
- James Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Homogeneous Laser Light Source Having Temporally Variable Seed Sour...
- Publication number 20170184942
- Publication date Jun 29, 2017
- Newport Corporation
- James Burton Clark
- G02 - OPTICS
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Homogeneous Laser Light Source for Area Processing Applications
- Publication number 20170179675
- Publication date Jun 22, 2017
- Newport Corporation
- James Burton Clark
- G02 - OPTICS
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BROADLY TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMTERIC OSCILLATOR
- Publication number 20160211642
- Publication date Jul 21, 2016
- Newport Corporation
- James D. Kafka
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING
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DIAMOND-BASED SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION SYSTEM
- Publication number 20150316831
- Publication date Nov 5, 2015
- Newport Corporation
- James Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
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CONTINUOUS WAVE ULTRAVIOLET LASER BASED ON STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING
- Publication number 20150063830
- Publication date Mar 5, 2015
- Newport Corporation
- Alan B. Petersen
- H04 - ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
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BROADLY TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR
- Publication number 20110180729
- Publication date Jul 28, 2011
- Newport Corporation
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Quasi-continuous wave ultraviolet light source with optimized outpu...
- Publication number 20110103413
- Publication date May 5, 2011
- Newport Corporation
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Narrow band diode pumping of laser gain materials
- Publication number 20080013586
- Publication date Jan 17, 2008
- David E. Spence
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Devices for high power, high-repetition rate, broadly tunable coher...
- Publication number 20070237191
- Publication date Oct 11, 2007
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Methods and systems to enhance multiple wave mixing process
- Publication number 20060250677
- Publication date Nov 9, 2006
- Hanna J. Hoffman
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Pulse width reduction for laser amplifiers and oscillators
- Publication number 20060050369
- Publication date Mar 9, 2006
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Ultraviolet, narrow linewidth laser system
- Publication number 20050190809
- Publication date Sep 1, 2005
- SPECTRA-PHYSICS, INC.
- Alan B. Petersen
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Low-gain regenerative amplifier system
- Publication number 20050157381
- Publication date Jul 21, 2005
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Industrial directly diode-pumped ultrafast amplifier system
- Publication number 20050157382
- Publication date Jul 21, 2005
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Remote UV laser system and methods of use
- Publication number 20050094679
- Publication date May 5, 2005
- James D. Kafka
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
Information Patent Application
Diamond cooled laser gain assembly
- Publication number 20050074040
- Publication date Apr 7, 2005
- David E. Spence
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Diamond cooled laser gain assembly using low temperature contacting
- Publication number 20050074041
- Publication date Apr 7, 2005
- Georg P. Sommerer
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling
- Publication number 20040052283
- Publication date Mar 18, 2004
- Dirk Sutter
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pu...
- Publication number 20040042522
- Publication date Mar 4, 2004
- Dirk Sutter
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping
- Publication number 20040042524
- Publication date Mar 4, 2004
- James D. Kafka
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Method and device to avoid optical damage of an intracavity optic
- Publication number 20030169784
- Publication date Sep 11, 2003
- Dirk H. Sutter
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Extended lifetime harmonic generator
- Publication number 20030147433
- Publication date Aug 7, 2003
- James D. Kafka
- G02 - OPTICS
Information Patent Application
Remote UV laser system and methods of use
- Publication number 20030008448
- Publication date Jan 9, 2003
- James D. Kafka
- G01 - MEASURING TESTING

James David Kafka

Person

Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use

Low repetition rate infrared tunable femtosecond laser source

Laser system having a multi-stage amplifier and methods of use

High-power ytterbium doped calcium fluoride mode-locked laser and m...

Diode pumped high peak power laser system for multi-photon applicat...

Fiber device and method for amplifying pulses of laser light

Broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator

Broadly tunable optical parametric oscillator

Methods and systems to enhance multiple wave mixing process

Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling

Low-gain regenerative amplifier system

Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping

Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pu...

Remote UV laser system and methods of use

Method and apparatus for micro-machining of articles that include p...

Extended lifetime harmonic generator

Lasers with low doped gain medium

Quasi-continuous wave lithography apparatus and method

Stack pumped vanadate amplifier

Photonic crystal fiber system for sub-picosecond pulses

Method and apparatus to detect a flaw in a surface of an article

Laser writing method and apparatus

Photonic crystal fiber system for sub-picosecond pulses

Lasers with low doped gain medium

Polarization based mode-locking of a laser

Broadly tunable single longitudinal mode output produced from multi...

Broadly tunable single longitudinal mode output produced from multi...

Synchronously pumped sub-picosecond optical parametric oscillator

Mode locked laser and amplifier

Frequency conversion system

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

Laser System Having A Multi-Stage Amplifier and Methods of Use

Low Repetition Rate Infrared Tunable Femtosecond Laser Source

High-Power Mode-Locked Laser System and Methods of Use

Diode Pumped High Peak Power Laser System for Multi-Photon Applicat...

Laser System Having A Multi-Stage Amplifier and Methods of Use

High-Power Ytterbium Doped Calcium Fluoride Mode-Locked Laser and M...

Fiber Device and Method for Amplifying Pulses of Laser Light

Homogeneous Laser Light Source Having Temporally Variable Seed Sour...

Homogeneous Laser Light Source for Area Processing Applications

BROADLY TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMTERIC OSCILLATOR

DIAMOND-BASED SUPERCONTINUUM GENERATION SYSTEM

CONTINUOUS WAVE ULTRAVIOLET LASER BASED ON STIMULATED RAMAN SCATTERING

BROADLY TUNABLE OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR

Quasi-continuous wave ultraviolet light source with optimized outpu...

Narrow band diode pumping of laser gain materials

Devices for high power, high-repetition rate, broadly tunable coher...

Methods and systems to enhance multiple wave mixing process

Pulse width reduction for laser amplifiers and oscillators

Ultraviolet, narrow linewidth laser system

Low-gain regenerative amplifier system

Industrial directly diode-pumped ultrafast amplifier system

Remote UV laser system and methods of use

Diamond cooled laser gain assembly

Diamond cooled laser gain assembly using low temperature contacting

Expansion matched thin disk laser and method for cooling

Method and apparatus for polarization and wavelength insensitive pu...

Thin disk laser with large numerical aperture pumping

Method and device to avoid optical damage of an intracavity optic

Extended lifetime harmonic generator

Remote UV laser system and methods of use