US 11,721,540 B2
Flashtube with submicron fuel particles and fusable nucleotide light-absorbing particles
Charles Michael Fortmann, Queens, NY (US)
Assigned to ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY
Appl. No. 17/271,084
Filed by ST. JOHN'S UNIVERSITY, Queens, NY (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/048266
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 24, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/046881, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 5, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/723,128, filed on Aug. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0335508 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01K 1/62 (2006.01); H01K 1/04 (2006.01); G21B 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01K 1/625 (2013.01) [H01K 1/04 (2013.01); G21B 3/008 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A flashtube device comprising:
a housing that consists of a small volume;
a flash lamp surrounded by the housing;
an inner surface of the housing being coated with light-absorbing particles; and
submicron fuel particles dispersed in a transparent light-scattering media contained in the housing, the light-scattering material being configured to guide light to the light-absorbing particles by diffuse light collection, wherein
the flash lamp comprises a thin superconducting element held at low temperature in series with a superconducting inductor, and
the light-absorbing particles comprise fusable nucleotides.