US Patent 7928359 Thermal management technology for polarizing Xenon

Patent 7928359 was granted and assigned to University of New Hampshire on April, 2011 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

University of New Hampshire

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7928359

Date of Patent

April 19, 2011

Patent Application Number

11903161

Date Filed

September 20, 2007

Patent Citations Received

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US Patent 12023644 Apparatus, system, and methods for high-power polarization of noble gas nuclei

Patent Primary Examiner

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Bernard E Souw

Patent abstract

A polarizing apparatus has a thermally conductive partitioning system in a polarizing cell. In the polarizing region, this thermally conductive partitioning system serves to prevent the elevation of the temperature of the polarizing cell where laser light is maximally absorbed to perform the polarizing process. By employing this partitioning system, increases in laser power of factors of ten or more can be beneficially utilized to polarize xenon. Accordingly, the polarizing apparatus and the method of polarizing 129Xe achieves higher rates of production.