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| 7665844 | High-resolution adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscope with multiple deformable mirrors An adaptive optics scanning laser ophthalmoscopes is introduced to produce non-invasive views of the human retina. The use of dual deformable mirrors improved the dynamic range for correction of the wavefront aberrations compared with the use of the MEMS mirror alon... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7592602 | Dual-sided coded-aperture imager In a vehicle, a single detector plane simultaneously measures radiation coming through two coded-aperture masks, one on either side of the detector. To determine which side of the vehicle a source is, the two shadow masks are inverses of each other, i.e., one is a m... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7573641 | Free-space optical hybrid An exemplary optical hybrid includes a 50/50 un-polarized beam splitter, a folding prism, a beam shifter, a spacer and a phase shifter such that from an input S-beam (signal) and an L-beam (reference), four outputs, S+L, S−L, S+jL, S−jL, are produced. The phase ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7564241 | Isotopic imaging via nuclear resonance fluorescence with laser-based Thomson radiation The present invention utilizes novel laser-based, high-brightness, high-spatial-resolution, pencil-beam sources of spectrally pure hard x-ray and gamma-ray radiation to induce resonant scattering in specific nuclei, i.e., nuclear resonance fluorescence. By monitorin... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7550735 | GaTe semiconductor for radiation detection GaTe semiconductor is used as a room-temperature radiation detector. GaTe has useful properties for radiation detectors: ideal bandgap, favorable mobilities, low melting point (no evaporation), non-hygroscopic nature, and availability of high-purity starting materia... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7548576 | Self organization of wireless sensor networks using ultra-wideband radios A novel UWB communications method and system that provides self-organization for wireless sensor networks is introduced. The self-organization is in terms of scalability, power conservation, channel estimation, and node synchronization in wireless sensor networks. T... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7535029 | Material system for tailorable white light emission and method for making thereof A method of processing a composite material to tailor white light emission of the resulting composite during excitation. The composite material is irradiated with a predetermined power and for a predetermined time period to reduce the size of a plurality of nanocrys... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7522343 | Michelson interferometer based delay line interferometers An interferometer includes a means for splitting, at a splitting location, an input light beam into a first beam and a second beam; and means for recombining, at a recombination location, the first beam and the second beam. The interferometer is designed such that t... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518780 | Nanolaminate deformable mirrors A deformable mirror formed out of two layers of a nanolaminate foil attached to a stiff substrate is introduced. Deformation is provided by an electrostatic force between two of the layers. The internal stiffness of the structure allows for high-spatial-frequency sh... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7492117 | Electromagnetic variable degrees of freedom actuator systems and methods The present invention provides a variable reluctance actuator system and method that can be adapted for simultaneous rotation and translation of a moving element by applying a normal-direction magnetic flux on the moving element. In a beneficial example arrangement,... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7446314 | Superconducting gamma and fast-neutron spectrometers with high energy resolution Superconducting Gamma-ray and fast-neutron spectrometers with very high energy resolution operated at very low temperatures are provided. The sensor consists of a bulk absorber and a superconducting thermometer weakly coupled to a cold reservoir, and determines the ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440858 | Poynting-vector based method for determining the bearing and location of electromagnetic sources A method and apparatus is utilized to determine the bearing and/or location of sources, such as, alternating current (A.C.) generators and loads, power lines, transformers and/or radio-frequency (RF) transmitters, emitting electromagnetic-wave energy for which a Poy... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7422766 | Method of fabrication of high power density solid oxide fuel cells A method for producing ultra-high power density solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs). The method involves the formation of a multilayer structure cells wherein a buffer layer of doped-ceria is deposited intermediate a zirconia electrolyte and a cobalt iron based electrode... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7393810 | Solid materials for removing arsenic and method thereof Solid materials have been developed to remove arsenic compounds from aqueous media. The arsenic is removed by passing the aqueous phase through the solid materials which can be in molded, granular, or powder form. The solid materials adsorb the arsenic leaving a pur... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383053 | Position estimation of transceivers in communication networks This invention provides a system and method using wireless communication interfaces coupled with statistical processing of time-of-flight data to locate by position estimation unknown wireless receivers. Such an invention can be applied in sensor network application... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7378042 | Nonlinear optical crystal optimized for Ytterbium laser host wavelengths A material for harmonic generation has been made by substitutional changes to the crystal LaCa4 (BO3)3 also known as LaCOB in the form Re1xRe2yRe3zCa4(B03)3O where Re1... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7379509 | Digital intermediate frequency QAM modulator using parallel processing The digital Intermediate Frequency (IF) modulator applies to various modulation types and offers a simple and low cost method to implement a high-speed digital IF modulator using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The architecture eliminates multipliers and seq... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7345283 | Filtered back-projection algorithm for Compton telescopes A method for the conversion of Compton camera data into a 2D image of the incident-radiation flux on the celestial sphere includes detecting coincident gamma radiation flux arriving from various directions of a 2-sphere. These events are mapped by back-projection on... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7318504 | Adjusting mechanism for a prosthetic An adjusting mechanism alters the heel height on a prosthetic foot, and works independently of any articulating ankle joint or foot style, without changing the original dynamic alignment of a prosthetic leg. In a two chamber hydraulic closed system—a fluid materia... | 01/15/2008 |
| D557647 | License plate frame | 12/18/2007 |
| 7286575 | Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser A method and apparatus is provided for producing near-diffraction-limited laser light, or amplifying near-diffraction-limited light, in diode pumped alkali vapor photonic-band-gap fiber lasers or amplifiers. Laser light is both substantially generated and propagated... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283576 | Optically-pumped DUV atomic vapor lasers Optically-pumped group IIB atomic vapor lasers emitting at discrete wavelengths shorter than 230 nm are disclosed. This laser device utilizes an active medium comprising a mixture of a group IIB atomic vapor and one or more buffer gases placed within a doubly-resona... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7277644 | Fade-resistant forward error correction method for free-space optical communications systems Free-space optical (FSO) laser communication systems offer exceptionally wide-bandwidth, secure connections between platforms that cannot other wise be connected via physical means such as optical fiber or cable. However, FSO links are subject to strong channel fadi... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7276306 | System for the co-production of electricity and hydrogen Described herein is a system for the co-generation of hydrogen gas and electricity, wherein the proportion of hydrogen to electricity can be adjusted from 0% to 100%. The system integrates fuel cell technology for power generation with fuel-assisted steam-electrolys... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7226415 | Microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector The microwave hemorrhagic stroke detector includes a low power pulsed microwave transmitter with a broad-band antenna for producing a directional beam of microwaves, an index of refraction matching cap placed over the patients head, and an array of broad-band microw... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211605 | Super-hydrophobic fluorine containing aerogels An aerogel material with surfaces containing fluorine atoms which exhibits exceptional hydrophobicity, or the ability to repel liquid water. Hydrophobic aerogels are efficient absorbers of solvents from water. Solvents miscible with water are separated from it becau... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212282 | Method for characterizing mask defects using image reconstruction from X-ray diffraction patterns The invention applies techniques for image reconstruction from X-ray diffraction patterns on the three-dimensional imaging of defects in EUVL multilayer films. The reconstructed image gives information about the out-of-plane position and the diffraction strength of ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7212558 | Liquid heat capacity lasers The heat capacity laser concept is extended to systems in which the heat capacity lasing media is a liquid. The laser active liquid is circulated from a reservoir (where the bulk of the media and hence waste heat resides) through a channel so configured for both opt... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7157714 | Thermal imaging method to detect subsurface objects A thermal imaging method to detect heat flows from naturally-heated subsurface objects. The method uniquely combines precise, emissivity-corrected temperature maps, thermal inertia maps, temperature simulations, and automatic target recognition to display clear, clu... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7152070 | System and method for integrating and accessing multiple data sources within a data warehouse architecture A system and method is disclosed for integrating and accessing multiple data sources within a data warehouse architecture. The metadata formed by the present method provide a way to declaratively present domain specific knowledge, obtained by analyzing data sources,... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7145931 | Diode pumped alkali-molecular lasers and amplifiers Optically-pumped mid-infrared vibrational-rotational transition gas lasers and amplifiers with improved efficiency and practicality. Inventive laser and amplifier devices include: laser active media comprising a mixture of alkali vapor, selected hetero-nuclear molec... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7145727 | Unpolarized beam splitter having polarization-independent phase difference when used as an interferometer Beam splitter designs for interferometers provide a phase difference between the two resulting interference beams that are independent of the polarization status of the incident beam. The polarization independent phase coating is achieved by making the internal beam... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7118661 | Nanolaminate microfluidic device for mobility selection of particles A microfluidic device made from nanolaminate materials that are capable of electrophoretic selection of particles on the basis of their mobility. Nanolaminate materials are generally alternating layers of two materials (one conducting, one insulating) that are made ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7096794 | Inductrack configuration A simple permanent-magnet-excited maglev geometry provides levitation forces and is stable against vertical displacements from equilibrium but is unstable against horizontal displacements. An Inductrack system is then used in conjunction with this system to effect s... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7087544 | Nano-ceramics and method thereof Disclosed herein is a method to produce ceramic materials utilizing the sol-gel process. The methods enable the preparation of intimate homogeneous dispersions of materials while offering the ability to control the size of one component within another. The method al... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082148 | Diode pumped alkali vapor fiber laser A method and apparatus is provided for producing near-diffraction-limited laser light, or amplifying near-diffraction-limited light, in diode pumped alkali vapor photonic-band-gap fiber lasers or amplifiers. Laser light is both substantially generated and propagated... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076819 | Swaddle blanket A swaddling blanket for easily and swiftly swaddling an infant keeps the infant tightly bundled for security and warmth. This blanket helps calm the infant and prevents the infant from being awakened from the startling response. Safety and emotional well-being are t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7067351 | Selectively-etched nanochannel electrophoretic and electrochemical devices Nanochannel electrophoretic and electrochemical devices having selectively-etched nanolaminates located in the fluid transport channel. The normally flat surfaces of the nanolaminate having exposed conductive (metal) stripes are selectively-etched to form trenches a... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062348 | Dynamic mask for producing uniform or graded-thickness thin films A method for producing single layer or multilayer films with high thickness uniformity or thickness gradients. The method utilizes a moving mask which blocks some of the flux from a sputter target or evaporation source before it deposits on a substrate. The velocity... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7061960 | Diode-pumped alkali amplifier Compact, high-power, near-diffraction-limited sources of radiation in the near infrared spectral region are provided by a new class of power amplifiers that can be pumped by conventional high-power, multimode, relatively-broadband 1-D and 2-D laser diode arrays, whe... | 06/13/2006 |