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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184368 | Extreme broadband compact optical system with multiple fields of view An optical system is described herein which has a compact, all reflective design that has multiple fields of view for imaging an object. The optical system also has identical viewing directions and can have several different configurations for adding laser range fin... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8154712 | Insertion of laser path in multiple field of view reflective telescope A multiple field of view reflective telescope is described herein which has a laser and associated components inserted therein. In addition, a method is described herein for using the multiple field of view reflective telescope to range an object (e.g., target) or t... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8139289 | Precision optical mount An optical apparatus has a primary optical element having a primary spherical optical surface with a primary center of curvature, wherein the primary spherical optical surface has a peripheral portion that extends outside a usable aperture of the optical apparatus, ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8115904 | Illumination system for sizing focused spots of a patterning system for maskless lithography An optical system for producing a pattern of focused spots, such as a maskless lithographic projection system, includes an illuminator, a pattern generator, and an imager. The illuminator includes a light source for generating a light beam, a homogenizer for evenly ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8114348 | Label-free high throughput biomolecular screening system and method A screening system and method are described herein which provide a unique and practical solution for enabling label-free high throughput screening (HTS) to aid in the discovery of new drugs. In one embodiment, the screening system enables direct binding assays to be... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8085482 | X-Y adjustable optical mount with Z rotation An optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member by a number of flexures. A first translational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a first shaft and is actuable to translate the inner member al... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8049878 | Systems and methods for detecting defects in ceramic filter bodies Systems (50) and methods are disclosed for detecting defects (DEF1-DEF5) in a ceramic filter body (10) having a honeycomb structure (12) that defined multiple channels (20). Plugs (30) are used to seal select channel ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047023 | Method for producing titania-doped fused silica glass A method for producing a fused silica glass containing titania includes synthesizing particles of silica and titania by delivering a mixture of a silica precursor and a titania precursor to a burner, growing a porous preform by successively depositing the particles ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038232 | Pneumatic brake system with safe drainage circuit and method of operating the same A pneumatic brake system for a motor vehicle includes a compressed air system including a plurality of compressed air reservoirs containing compressed air. A service brake system in fluid communication with the compressed air system is operably engaged by applicatio... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7986414 | Measurement of multiple surface test objects with frequency scanning interferometer A frequency scanning interferometer is arranged for simultaneously measuring multiple surfaces of a test object through a wide range of expected offsets. Knowledge of the expected locations of the test surfaces is compared with a sequence of ambiguity intervals base... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7952799 | Extreme broadband compact optical system with multiple fields of view An optical system is described herein which has a compact, all reflective design that has multiple fields of view for imaging an object. The optical system also has identical viewing directions and can have several different configurations for adding laser range fin... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7916408 | X-Y adjustable optical mount An optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member by a plurality of flexures. A first and a second translational adjustment apparatus are disposed to translate the inner member within a translation plane that is orthogonal to an optical a... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7790565 | Semiconductor on glass insulator made using improved thinning process Methods and apparatus for producing a semiconductor on glass (SiOG) structure include: subjecting an implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to an ion implantation process to create an exfoliation layer in the donor semiconductor wafer; bonding the impla... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7741557 | Apparatus for obtaining radiant energy An apparatus for obtaining energy from a polychromatic radiant energy source has a light concentrator for concentrating and redirecting incident radiant energy, having an optical axis, and a spectral separator disposed along the optical axis, apart from the light co... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7691730 | Large area semiconductor on glass insulator Methods and apparatus provide for contacting respective first surfaces of a plurality of donor semiconductor wafers with a glass substrate; bonding the first surfaces of the plurality of donor semiconductor wafers to the glass substrate using electrolysis; separatin... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7666511 | Down-drawable, chemically strengthened glass for cover plate An alkali aluminosilicate glass that is chemically strengthened and has a down-drawable composition. The glass has a melting temperature less than about 1650° C. and a liquidus viscosity of at least 130 kpoise and, in one embodiment, greater than 250 kpoise. The gl... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7629173 | Optical reader system and method for monitoring and correcting lateral and angular misalignments of label independent biosensors An optical reader system and method are described herein that can detect a lateral and/or angular misalignment of one or more biosensors so that the biosensors can be properly re-located after being removed from and then reinserted into the optical reader system. In... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7619283 | Methods of fabricating glass-based substrates and apparatus employing same Methods and apparatus provide for a glass or glass ceramic substrate, including: a bulk layer; an enhanced positive ion concentration layer; and a reduced positive ion concentration layer, wherein the enhanced positive ion concentration layer contains substantially ... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7612956 | Optical mount pivotable about a single point An optical element mount has an outer member and an inner member. The inner member has a central axis and is suspended within the outer member by a plurality of fold flexures. Each fold flexure has a fold that lies along a line that intersects the central axis at on... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7609467 | Monolithic optical mount A monolithic optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member and movable with respect to the outer member along an axis. A first set of fold flexures extends from the inner member to the outer member, so that each fold flexure in the first... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7599055 | Swept wavelength imaging optical interrogation system and method for using same A swept wavelength imaging optical interrogation system and a method for using the same to interrogate one or more biosensors are described herein. The swept wavelength imaging optical interrogation system is built upon a swept wavelength optical interrogation techn... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7593599 | Method of assembling a composite data map having a closed-form solution Local data maps of an optical imaging system are stitched together into a composite global data map based on a merit function supporting closed-form processing. Overlapping regions of the local data maps are defined as difference maps that are given a parametric des... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7564633 | Catadioptric imaging system for high numerical aperture imaging with deep ultraviolet light A catadioptric imaging system for micro-lithographic projection features a high numerical aperture objective where most of the focusing power is produced by reflection and refraction angles are limited to avoid additional aberration. A field correcting optic is appe... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7534733 | Synthetic silica glass optical material having high resistance to laser induced damage Disclosed is a synthetic silica glass optical material having high resistance to optical damage by ultraviolet radiation in the ultraviolet wavelength range, particularly in the wavelength less than about 250 nm and particularly, exhibiting a low laser induced wavef... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7492998 | Fiber bundles and methods of making fiber bundles The present invention relates to fiber bundles and methods for making fiber bundles. According to one embodiment of the invention, at the endface of the fused fiber bundle, the ratio of the cross-sectional area of the endface to the cross sectional area of the plura... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7476940 | Glass-based SOI structures Semiconductor-on-insulator (SOI) structures, including large area SOI structures, are provided which have one or more regions composed of a layer (15) of a substantially single-crystal semiconductor (e.g., doped silicon) attached to a support substrate (20... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7473969 | High strain glass/glass-ceramic containing semiconductor-on-insulator structures The present invention relates to semiconductor-on-insulator structures having strained semiconductor layers. According to one embodiment of the invention, a semiconductor-on-insulator structure has a first layer including a semiconductor material, attached to a seco... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7463806 | Methods of generating and transporting short wavelength radiation and apparati used therein The present invention provides methods of generating short wavelength radiation, methods of transporting short wavelength radiation, and apparati used in these methods. One embodiment of the invention provides a method of transporting short wavelength radiation usin... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7459095 | Opaque chrome coating suitable for etching A substrate includes an opaque chrome coating on a surface of the substrate dry-etched to form an aperture, wherein chrome in the aperture is below detectable limit. A method of forming an opaque chrome coating having at least two layers on a substrate includes depo... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7456057 | Germanium on glass and glass-ceramic structures A semiconductor-on-insulator structure including first and second layers which are attached to one another either directly or through one or more intermediate layers. The first layer includes a substantially single crystal germanium semiconductor material while the ... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7456080 | Semiconductor on glass insulator made using improved ion implantation process Methods and apparatus for producing a semiconductor on glass (SOG) structure include: subjecting an implantation surface of a donor semiconductor wafer to multiple ion implantation processes to create an exfoliation layer in the donor semiconductor wafer, wherein at... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7426039 | Optically balanced instrument for high accuracy measurement of dimensional change An instrument for measuring dimensional changes in materials, such as ultra-low thermal expansion materials, contains an optically balanced measuring loop. Both an object beam and a loop beam propagate around the measuring loop. The object beam encounters both oppos... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7410883 | Glass-based semiconductor on insulator structures and methods of making same Methods and apparatus provide for: a semiconductor wafer; at least one porous layer in the semiconductor wafer; an epitaxial semiconductor layer directly or indirectly on the porous layer; and a glass substrate bonded to the epitaxial semiconductor layer via electro... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7399681 | Glass-based SOI structures A method of forming a semiconductor on glass structure includes: establishing an exfoliation layer on a semiconductor wafer; contacting the exfoliation layer of the semiconductor wafer to a glass substrate; applying pressure, temperature and voltage to the semicondu... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7381339 | Increased yield of cubic crystalline optical elements by crystal orientation Increased yield of optical elements from cubic crystal rods, such as made of calcium fluoride, is made possible by orienting the optical elements for supporting the propagation of light along one of the , , or < 2 1 1> alternative crystal... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7358206 | UV transmitting glasses The present invention relates to a boroaluminosilicate glass which exhibits excellent UV transmission. In particular, the present invention is directed at an alkali fluorine-doped boroaluminosilicate glass comprising, in mole percent on the oxide basis, of 30-80% Si... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7352791 | Optical systems including wavefront correcting optical surfaces The present invention relates to optical systems, beam expanding assemblies, line narrowing modules, and lasers having refractive optical elements with wavefront correcting optical surfaces. The present invention enables the skilled artisan to provide optical system... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7330314 | Color combiner for solid-state light sources An illumination apparatus has first and second optical condenser systems sharing a common aperture. The first optical condenser system has a first solid-state light source having a first spectral band and a first curved surface spaced apart from the first solid-stat... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7288495 | Photorefractive glass and optical elements made therefrom The present invention provides an alkali alumino-silicate Na—F-containing glass material and a method of making the alkali alumino-silicate Na—F-containing glass material, with the glass material capable of being made photosensitive and thus formed into optical ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7268887 | Overlapping common-path interferometers for two-sided measurement Two common-path interferometers share a measuring cavity for measuring opposite sides of opaque test parts. Interference patterns are formed between one side of the test parts and the reference surface of a first of the two interferometers, between the other side of... | 09/11/2007 |
