Thermal Drift Calibration of Whispering Gallery Mode Microcavities using Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry
This technology utilizes optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) to collect high resolution temperature measurements in biochemical applications. More specifically, accuracy of measurements is increased in the spatial domain via the OFDR technology being studied in conjunction with whispering gallery mode biochemical sensing. While temperature...
Published: 5/2/2023
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Inventor(s): Tsu-Te Su, Cheng Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications > Electro-Optic Devices
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Multiple Exposure to Increase Image Resolution and Dynamic Range using Zoom Lens and Different Aperture
This innovation is a method to increase image resolution by using multiple exposures and different aperture settings, combining them to create a high dynamic range image. Images can be taken at different or same exposure times and the exact aperture setting can be determined by the user or by an initial estimate of the dynamic range of the scene. A...
Published: 5/2/2023
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Inventor(s): Stanley Pau, Amit Ashok
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Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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A Gamma-ray Photon Counting Detector Based on Side-readout of Monolithic Scintillator Layers
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a gamma-ray photon counting device that works similarly to PET, but with a novel architecture that improves the accuracy and speed in determining the location of the biological targets, and is less costly to manufacture.
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Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is a common and reliable...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Lars Furenlid, Xin Li
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Medical Imaging, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection
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Quantum Message-Passing Receivers for Quantum-Optimal Laser Communications
This technology is the first fully structured design of an optical joint-detection receiver that can attain the quantum limit of laser communication. The proposed receiver circuit provides an alternative proposal for a quantum supremacy experiment, targeted at a specific application that can potentially be implemented on a small, special-purpose, photonic...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Narayanan Rengaswamy, Kaushik Seshadreesan, Saikat Guha, Henry Pfister
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Quantum
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Smart Programmable Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation System
This invention is a sanitizer that utilizes UV radiation to sanitize closed rooms. The invention will be able to be programmed and automated to precisely deliver the exact does of UV radiation around the area of interest while also considering safety. The sanitizer will irradiate UV light with multiple beam steering devices to selectively sterilize...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Stanley Pau
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Healthcare Portfolios > Infectious Diseases, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics
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Digital Fringe Projection and Multi-Spectral Polarization Imaging for Rapid 3D Reconstruction
This invention embodies methods, devices and systems that utilizes Digital Fringe Projection (DFP) to generate three dimensional (3D) images of an object based on measurement of polarizations and/or color light in a single shot. Unlike conventional techniques, which require sequential measurements, the novel systems acquire high dynamic range information...
Published: 4/14/2023
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Inventor(s): Stanley Pau, Rongguang Liang
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics
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Computational Photographic System for Depth Resolution Imaging
This invention is a method for acquiring 3D imagery using an adaptation to existing SLR camera systems that allows for full 3D imagery to be obtained without sacrificing the inherent imaging capability of the camera. This adaptation allows for relatively low cost implementation of 3D technology into already existing camera systems. Through the use of...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): J. Scott Tyo, James Schwiegerling, Gabriel Birch
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics
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Software Code for Modified Prime Code Family for Optical CDMA
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a novel spreading/address code family for high-speed, large-capacity wired/wireless or optical communications. The novel "transposed modified prime codes" (T-MPC) have specific correlation properties and flexible code size, length and weight. This code family is comparable to existing...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Franko Kueppers, Mohammad Karbassian
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications
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Optical Printed Circuit Board with Polymer Array Switch
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a flexible polymer waveguide array structure that serves as a stitch or jumper on an optical printed circuit board (OPCB). The flexible polymer waveguide array structure can be attached to the OPCB so that it can provide a chip-to-OPCB optical connection. Using an array of small polymer waveguides...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Thomas Koch, Robert Norwood, Stanley Pau, Nasser Peyghambarian
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication > Optical, EO & MO, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications > Electro-Optic Devices
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Polarization State Scrambler Using Birefringent Phase Mask
A University of Arizona researcher has designed a device to efficiently convert partially polarized and polarized light into light having randomly distributed polarizations, or more generally, into output light having a plurality of polarizations. The passive device provides almost instantaneous conversion of polarization, as opposed to the current...
Published: 4/3/2023
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Inventor(s): Stanley Pau
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication > Optical, EO & MO
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