Electromagnetic radiation techniques for in vivo tissue
A system and method for using a sonic wave to influence material in a target structure requires using a confined plasma antenna to generate an electromagnetic carrier wave, λ. The confined plasma antenna also pulses the carrier wave at a sonic frequency, f, to create a sonic wave. In detail, pulsing the carrier wave results in a sequential plurality of solitons which are separated from each other by a periodicity ρ, wherein λ<<ρ. For the present invention, f is selected to resonate with a material (e.g. a cellular structure) in a target structure (e.g. a patient).
1. A system for using electromagnetic radiation to generate sonic waves which comprises:
a confined plasma antenna that generates an electromagnetic/sonic-soliton beam comprising a plurality of solitons, wherein each soliton is characterized as a pulse in a carrier wave of electromagnetic radiation, wherein the electromagnetic radiation has a wavelength λ and each soliton has a constant shape, wherein the solitons are generated in the carrier wave at a controlled frequency f, and
further wherein the controlled frequency f is a sonic frequency;
a waveguide connected with the confined plasma antenna for directing the plurality of solitons as a sonic wave carried by the carrier wave along a beam path toward a target; and
a modulator connected with the confined plasma antenna to establish
operational parameters for f and λ to influence material in the target.
2. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the controlled frequency f is a resonant frequency of the material in the target.
3. The system recited in claim 1 wherein the electromagnetic radiation is a laser beam having the wavelength λ.
4. The system recited in claim 3 wherein the wavelength λ is established by the modulator based on a frequency and amplitude of an electric field of a surface wave on the target.
5. The system recited in claim 3 wherein an amplitude for the wavelength λ is established by the modulator.
6. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the waveguide includes an optical fiber.
7. The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the target is tissue in a cellular structure.