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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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Scalable Deformable Mirror Technology using Thin Mirror Substrate
This invention is a novel deformable mirror technology allowing the construction of deformable thin mirrors using a “green process” that allows for 90% of the manufacturing to be done using standard machining operations and finalized using classic optical process. By integrating these thin mirrors with a compact actuator array, the technology...
Published: 7/2/2025
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Inventor(s): Daewook Kim, Oscar Montoya
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Category(s): Technology Classifications, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication > Optical, EO & MO, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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High-Density Photonic Memory Through Multi-Layer Phase-Change Materials and Modal Interactions
This invention aims to advance the field of integrated photonic memory by introducing a high-density, multilayer storage approach. Utilizing phase-change materials (PCMs) as the active elements, the innovation leverages the unique near-field coupling profiles of different optical modes supported by a waveguide. Specifically, higher-order modes are used...
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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Monolithic Fabrication of Compact Cameras in in Standard CMOS Foundry Processes
This invention proposes a groundbreaking shift in Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) camera manufacturing by integrating all essential optical components—lenses, filters, and sensors—into a single CMOS chip using the same foundry process. Leveraging the existing back-end-of-the-line (BEOL) metal layers in standard CMOS processes,...
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
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Monolithically Integrated Plasmonic Biosensors in Standard CMOS Technology for Ultra-sensitive and Multiplexed Bio-Detection
This invention proposes an approach to biosensing by monolithically integrating plasmonic elements with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) sensors within a single CMOS foundry process. Utilizing the Back-End-Of-the-Line (BEOL) metal layers in a standard CMOS chip and exposing part or all of these metallic structures to introduce biomolecules,...
Published: 7/2/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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Lensless Imaging Using Standard CMOS Foundry Processes
This invention proposes an approach to camera fabrication by leveraging a single standard Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor (CMOS) foundry process. By repurposing the metal layers already present in CMOS chips to act as a scattering mask fabricated on top of a CMOS sensor array, the technology enables lensless computational imaging. This eliminates...
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
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Object Detection in Scattering Media Using the Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test (GLRT)
This technology is a novel method for object detection in environments with significant scattering and other forms of interference. The approach leverages maximum likelihood estimation principles to achieve optimal object detection and characterization based on known physical models of scattering and emission from thermal emission, light scattering,...
Published: 6/30/2025
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Inventor(s): Mohamed ElKabbash
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection > Remote Sensing, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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