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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7119911 | Moiré deflectometer including non-mechanical, transparent, spatial light modulators for demonstrating two-axis rulings A Moiré deflectometer includes at least three non-mechanical, transparent, spatial light modulators for demonstrating two sets of patterns on two parallel planes on two of the modulators thereby creating a Moiré fringe pattern and a method for using the same. More... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7056119 | Periscopic optical training system for operators of vehicles A periscopic optical training system for displaying simulation and real images includes a microprocessor for generating at least one simulation image, at least one display for displaying the simulation image, at least one periscopic device each with a viewing window... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6901220 | Supraconnect laser communication system A wireless atmospheric site-to-site full-duplex (i.e., simultaneous transmit and receive) laser communication system, typically for wideband (high-speed) data, voice, and/or video transmission. The system includes at least one laser communication transceiver each ha... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6285476 | Laser communication system and methods A laser communication system for full duplex wideband data transmission includes first and second terminals having dichroic wavelength-multiplexed optical systems wherein transmitted and received light are multiplexed along a path through the same apertur... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6212014 | MWIR polarizing beamsplitter cube and method of making the same A polarizing beamsplitter cube, such as for midwave infrared spectral applications, comprises two ZnSe 45° prisms, an adhesion layer and a thin-film polarization coating layer that are deposited onto the hypotenuse of the first prism, a refractive index ... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6172777 | Optical interconnection for holographic memories and method for using the same An optical interface of a holographic memory system electrically selects one of several optical pathways to store or retrieve an image from a holographic memory by activating liquid crystal polarization rotators and novel liquid crystal gratings. In a pre... | 01/09/2001 |
