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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127473 | OPTICALLY ENHANCED HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRIC TESTING METHODS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES, MATERIALS, WAFERS, AND FOR MONITORING ALL PHASES OF DEVELOPMENT AND MANUFACTURE Improved methods and systems for inspection imaging for holographic or interferometric semiconductor test and evaluation through all phases of device development and manufacture. Specifically, systems and methods are disclosed for extending the range of optical holograp... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120081684 | Object Inspection Systems and Methods Disclosed are systems and methods for object inspection, in particular for inspection of reticles used in a lithography process. The method includes interferometrically combining a reference radiation beam with a probe radiation beam, and storing their complex field ima... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069345 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RETRIEVAL OF AMPLITUDE AND PHASE OF NONLINEAR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES The present invention discloses a method and its associated apparatus to retrieve the amplitude and, especially, the phase of nonlinear electromagnetic waves. The application field of the present invention is optical imaging. A sample is probed by coherent electromagnet... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20110255093 | INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEM WITH SPATIAL CARRIER FREQUENCY CAPABLE OF IMAGING IN POLYCHROMATIC RADIATION In the interferometric system, the image plane is imaged by an output imaging setup via a transmission system of reflectors to the output plane and a reflection type diffraction grating is located in the image plane of an imaging setup of a reference branch. The transmi... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110242543 | INTERFEROMETRIC SYSTEMS HAVING REFLECTIVE CHAMBERS AND RELATED METHODS Disclosed herein are interferometric systems having reflective chambers and related methods. According to an aspect, an interferometric system may include a light source for generating an illumination beam that propagates towards a sample. A sample holder may hold the s... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110222068 | NEAR REAL TIME OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION An optical system and associated method enable near real time optical phase conjugation. In the method, a translucent medium is illuminated by a sample illumination beam. Light scattered by the medium is directed to an electronic image sensor while a reference beam is a... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110122415 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY ENHANCED HOLOGRAHIC INTERFEROMETRIC TESTING FOR TEST AND EVALUATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND MATERIALS Improved methods and systems for inspection imaging for holographic or interferometric semiconductor test and evaluation through all phases of manufacture. Specifically, systems and methods for extending the range of optical holographic interferometric inspection for ev... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110122416 | TURBIDITY SUPPRESSION BY OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION USING A SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR A detector of light transmitted through a turbid medium, comprising: one or more Digital Optical Phase Conjugation (DOPC) devices, wherein the DOPC devices include (1) a sensor for detecting input light that has been transmitted through the turbid medium and inputted on... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110117477 | Photopolymerizable Compositions Currently known holographic recording media and sensors have a number of disadvantages, for example, silver halide-based recording media is expensive to produce and unsuitable for use in certain sensor applications, and photopolymer-based recording media make it difficu... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110109962 | OPTICAL PHASE CONJUGATION 4 PI MICROSCOPE A 4-Pi microscope for imaging a sample, comprising a first objective for focusing a first light beam on the sample at a spatial point one or more Digital Optical Phase Conjugation (DOPC) devices, wherein the DOPC devices include a sensor for detecting the first light be... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110043816 | Phase Object Identification Device and Method An object of the invention is to provide a phase object identification device and method which can identify a phase object in a completely different manner from conventional methods for observing or measuring a phase object. A phase object ... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110001980 | OPTICAL PHASE PROCESSING IN A SCATTERING MEDIUM An optical phase processing system for a scattering medium. A first beam has a direction and a wavefront and the first beam is configured to enter a holographic recording medium. A scattering medium is illuminated by a signal beam generating at least one scattered beam.... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100284016 | OPTICAL CYTOMETRY The present invention provides optical systems and methods for determining a characteristic of a cell, such as cell type, cellular response to a biochemical event, biological state and the like. The methods typically involve using interferometry to observe membrane prop... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100231918 | Three wavelength quantitative imaging systems An optical system includes more than two optical interferometers that generate interference phenomena between optical waves to measure a plurality of distances, a plurality of thicknesses, and a plurality of indices of refraction of a sample. An electromagnetic detector... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100201990 | INTERFEROMETER FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING AN OBJECT An interferometer for optically measuring an object (10), including a light source (1), at least one beam splitter (2) and at least one detector (12a, 12b), with the beam splitter being arranged in the beam path of the li... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100155603 | SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND LOCATING WATER IN A SANDWICH-TYPE STUCTURE FOR AIRCRAFTS A system for detecting and locating water in a sandwich-type structure for aircrafts, the system including means for heating the water contained in an intermediate layer of the sandwich-type structure, and means for recording at least one image of a surface of the sandw... | 06/24/2010 |
| 20100157307 | Sensor and an imaging system for remotely detecting an object A sensor for remotely detecting an object, the sensor comprising:
| 06/24/2010 |
| 20100110442 | Tandem Fabry-Perot Etalon Cylindrical Beam Volume Hologram for High Resolution/Large Spectral Range Diffuse Light Spectroscopy Systems and methods for performing two-dimensional (2D) high resolution spectral-spatial mapping are described. At least one embodiment includes a spectrometer for performing two-dimensional (2D) high resolution spectral-spatial mapping comprising a Fabry-Perot componen... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100091292 | HOLOGRAPHIC CONDITION ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR A STRUCTURE INCLUDING A SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL An improved condition testing system and method integrated into microelectronic circuits includes a structure including a semiconductor material with a target portion and a second portion for determining the presence and nature of various external (e.g. magnetic field, ... | 04/15/2010 |
| 20100060897 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYSIS OF A SAMPLE OF CELLS A non-destructive method and device for analyzing a sample comprising transparent living and/or dead cells, by 5 means of a digital holographic microscope, where the sample (8) is exposed to light from a laser (2). The light that travels through the cells ... | 03/11/2010 |
| 20090237672 | Method and Apparatus for Interferometrically Measuring the Shape of a Test Object The invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for interferometrically determining a deviation of an actual shape of an effective reflection surface (12) of a test object (14) from a desired shape of the effective reflection surface (12). In ... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090207415 | METHOD OF READING INFORMATION FROM A HOLOGRAPHIC DATA STORAGE MEDIUM AND HOLOGRAPHIC DATA READ OUT DEVICE The present invention relates to a method of reading information from a holographic data storage medium (10), comprising the steps of: projecting a reference beam (12) having defined properties of a first type into the holographic data storage medium, ther... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090128825 | Apparatus and method for dynamic cellular probing and diagnostics using holographic optical forcing array The present invention utilizes a holographic optical forcing array for dynamic cellular probing and diagnostics. A holographic optical trapping system generates optical forces on objects so that deformations thereof may be quantified. In one embodiment, digital holograp... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090116030 | Fingerprint sensor using a spectral filter and a holographic optical element In one embodiment, a fingerprint sensing system includes a interference narrow band pass filter, a holographic optical element, a transparent slab stacked together with optical cement. The finger is placed on the filter and illuminated by a narrow band source, the cente... | 05/07/2009 |
| 20090097034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VISUAL QUALITY CHARACTERIZATION OF HOLOGRAPHIC MATERIALS Apparatus and method for characterizing perceived visual quality of holographic materials, such as diffraction gratings. A white light source directs a collimated beam onto an embossed material. The first order diffracted light strikes a white background directly in vie... | 04/16/2009 |
| 20080309944 | Quantitative phase-contrast digital holography method for the numerical reconstruction of images, and relevant apparatus The invention concerns a quantitative phase-contrast digital holography method for the numerical reconstruction of images, comprising the following steps: A. acquiring a digital hologram of an investigated object; B. reconstructing the digital hologram in a reconstructi... | 12/18/2008 |
| 20080304075 | INTERFEROMETER FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING AN OBJECT An interferometer for optically measuring an object (10), including a light source (1), at least one beam splitter (2) and at least one detector (12a, 12b), with the beam splitter being arranged in the beam path of the li... | 12/11/2008 |
| 20080285045 | Determining Electric Field Characteristics of Laser Pulses Various systems and methods for analysis of optical pulses are provided. In one embodiment, an optical system is provided having an optical axis. The optical system includes a two-dimensional diffraction grating positioned along the optical axis, and a spectral filter p... | 11/20/2008 |
| 20080258058 | Interferometer A double-biprism electron interferometer is an optical system which dramatically increases the degree of freedom of a conventional one-stage electron interferometer. The double-biprism electron interferometer, however, is the same as the optical system of the single ele... | 10/23/2008 |
| 20080252898 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES A method for optically testing semiconductor devices or wafers using a holographic optical interference system with light source providing a light beam of coherent wavelength with a wavelength to which the semiconductor material is transparent, splitting the light beam ... | 10/16/2008 |
| 20080192259 | Volume hologram, light source device, illumination device, monitor, and image display device A volume hologram includes: an incidence surface onto which coherent light having a plurality of wavelengths is incident; and a plurality of interference fringes having streaks so that the angles between the streaks and the incidence surface are different from each othe... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080123101 | Method For Forming Images, Method For Testing Electronic Devices; And Test Apparatus, Test Chamber And Test System The test system includes an electronic device comprising a camera for forming an image on a detector. A holographic element of the test system and the camera under test of the electronic device are arranged during testing to be placed at a predetermined distance from on... | 05/29/2008 |
| 20080094635 | Interrogation Of A Sensor A sensing method, which comprises subjecting a holographic sensor to an external physical interaction to which the sensor is sensitive, and observing a change in the holographic image.... | 04/24/2008 |
| 20080074672 | High Resolution position coder Coder of position of a first element in displacement relatively to a second element, the latter including an optical system provided with at least one coherent light source emitting a beam intended to interfere, after collimation in a diaphragm, with the second element ... | 03/27/2008 |
| 20080055605 | Holographic storage system using destructive interference for pixel detection The present invention relates to a holographic storage system, and more specifically to a method for pixel detection in a coaxial holographic storage system. In a holographic storage system according to the invention, with a coaxial arrange... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20070285667 | Holographic Sensor Having Heterogeneous Properties A sensor which comprises a support medium and a hologram disposed therein, wherein an optical characteristic of the medium varies as a result of a change of a property of the medium, and wherein the medium is heterogeneous such that the change of property is heterogeneo... | 12/13/2007 |
| 20070216906 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNITION OF MICROORGANISMS USING HOLOGRAPHIC MICROSCOPY Disclosed herein is a method that relates to identifying a microorganism. The method comprising, diffracting laser light through a microorganism, combining a reference beam with the diffracted light on a single axis, and recording the combined light holographically as a... | 09/20/2007 |
| 20070195329 | HOLOGRAPHICALLY COMPENSATED, SELF-REFERENCED INTERFEROMETER A holographically, self-referenced interferometer may include a detector to detect interference fringes in a reference leg optical signal. The interferometer may also include a holographic correction device to holographically compensate the reference leg optical signal ... | 08/23/2007 |
| 20070030490 | High Throughput Holographic Spectrometer Using the Multiplexed Hologram One embodiment of a system includes a sophisticated volume hologram for dispersing an incident optical signal with uniform spectrum over an input plane to an output pattern with non-uniform spatial-spectral information, where the sophisticated volume hologram includes a... | 02/08/2007 |
| 20060023223 | Apparatus and methods for scanning conoscopic holography measurements Apparatus and methods for scanning conoscopic holography measurements are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system includes a conoscopic holography sensor, a beam directing assembly, and a control assembly. The beam directing assembly is adapted to adjustably direct a las... | 02/02/2006 |
