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Method and System for Amplitude and Phase Modulation of Light Fields
This technology is a method designed to enable complex and/or high-discretization light field modulation in devices using a novel pixel interference technique. This method offers a way of improving the performance of a wide range of optical technologies, enabling phase-only modulators to project complex fields, and all modulators to modulate fields...
Published: 8/18/2025
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Inventor(s): Florian Willomitzer, John Bass, Muralidhar Balaji
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry
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Backsurface Treatment of Optical Substrates for Improved Thermal Conductivity and Dynamic Survival
This invention is an adhesive that is applied to the back of optical substrate mirrors such as the ones used in aerospace applications. The adhesive when applied, it provides acoustic dampening and uniform dissipation of heat, thus protecting the optical component from stress and heating. This is particularly innovative for aerospace applications where...
Published: 8/7/2025
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Inventor(s): Ewan Douglas, Oscar Montoya, Lori Harrison
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Optical Fab / Metrology, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Materials > Coatings, Technology Classifications > Materials > Chemicals
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XUV Photonic Integrated Circuits with Vacuum Guiding
This invention is a novel approach to developing photonic integrated circuits operating in extreme ultraviolet wavelength (XUV) range. This technology enables the fabrication of XUV components, including waveguides, photonic crystal cavities, or resonators while using vacuum as the guiding medium.
Background:
Currently, there is a critical challenge...
Published: 8/6/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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Dynamically Controlled Pupil Steering Method for Enhanced Light Efficiency in Head-Mounted Displays
This is a programmable backlight display for head-mounted displays that dynamically steers light to the viewer’s pupil based on real-time eye tracking. This method reduces power consumption by illuminating only the necessary region corresponding to the pupil location, while also improving brightness uniformity and efficiency. It also helps mitigate...
Published: 8/4/2025
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Inventor(s): Hong Hua, Pengyinjie Lyu
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Displays, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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Programmable Diffractive Photonic Computing Using Pixel-Level Post-Processing for Adaptive Data Classification
This invention provides a programmable diffractive photonic computing system that uses a single diffractive surface in combination with a Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) pixel array for data processing and classification. Unlike traditional systems requiring spatial light modulators or multiple diffractive planes, programmability is achieved...
Published: 8/4/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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Polarization-Multiplexed Vortex Coronagraph Metasurface for Single-Shot Exoplanet Imaging
This invention is a metasurface-based optical element that enables high-contrast imaging of exoplanets in a single shot. By integrating both vortex phase modulation and polarization-dependent beam deflection into a single optical component, the technology simplifies the process of blocking out starlight to reveal nearby exoplanets. Traditional coronagraphs...
Published: 8/4/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry
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High Speed Amplitude-Based Liquid Crystal SLM
This invention pertains to a high-speed optical modulation device, specifically a liquid-crystal-on-silicon (LCoS) amplitude modulator using a thin nematic liquid crystal (LC) layer for ultra-fast switching. The modulator improves the manufacturability of high-speed optical devices, enabling applications such as chip-based camera arrays at a potentially...
Published: 7/2/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics
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Fano Resonant Optical Coatings for Multi-Wavelength Fluorescence Microscopy Applications
This invention uses advanced optical coatings to enhance fluorescence microscopy by combining two critical functions—filtering and splitting light—into a single, compact component. Streamlining these processes enables the precise isolation of light wavelengths while efficiently splitting them into multiple paths for imaging or analysis....
Published: 7/2/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Microscopy, Spectroscopy, Polarimetry
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Snapshot Wavefront Camera
This invention is a reference-free snapshot wavefront camera that can be used to measure both amplitude and phase of the wavefront. The camera uses a two-dimensional diffraction grating to split the incoming wavefront into multiple copies which then travel through a lens that focuses them onto a sensor in a camera array. The resulting wavefront information...
Published: 7/2/2025
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Inventor(s): David Brady, Ni Chen, Shengtai Zhu, Gregory Nero
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Ophthalmology
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Athermal Integrated Optic Device
The invention is an athermal waveguide device that helps counter the effects of parasitic, systematic, or environmental heat effects to improve optical device performance. The invention uses new combinations of materials that achieves the passive athermal performance of a silicon-based waveguide filter and also meets the very compact dimensions required...
Published: 7/2/2025
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Inventor(s): Amanda Chatterton, Robert Norwood
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Fiber Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications > Electro-Optic Devices, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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