Patent ID: 11942760
Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLC
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 4:
5. The high-voltage switch of claim 1, wherein the high-voltage switch comprises a mirror, and wherein:
the first electrode is positioned at a top section of the high-voltage switch,
the first region of absorbing material is positioned below the first electrode,
the first region of non-absorbing material is positioned below the first region of absorbing material,
the second electrode, comprising a substantially transparent material, is positioned below the first region of non-absorbing material, the substantially transparent material allowing the laser pulse to propagate therethrough without substantial absorption of the laser pulse, and
the mirror is positioned below and spaced apart from the second electrode such as to allow the laser pulse upon propagation through the second electrode to be reflected back from the mirror and to the first region of absorbing material for generation of a new charged particle cloud.