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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7342276 | Method and apparatus utilizing monocrystalline insulator A semiconductor device, including: a semiconductor material; a conductive element; and a substantially monocrystalline insulator disposed between the semiconductor material and the conductive eleme... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335599 | Method and apparatus for making coplanar isolated regions of different semiconductor materials on a substrate A semiconductor processing method includes providing a substrate, forming a plurality of semiconductor layers in the substrate, each of the semiconductor layers being distinct and selected from different groups of semiconductor element types. The semiconductor layer... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7321734 | Digital synthesis of readily compensated optical signals A method and system for mitigating effects of dispersion in an optical link. A pair of digital sample streams are synthesized representing a target optical E-field having a spectrum selected such that the convolution of the spectrum with itself yields a signal havin... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7138679 | Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device comprises a silicon substrate having a main surface, a trench formed on the silicon substrate to open in the main surface and a memory cell formed on the trench. The memory cell includes a first storage holding part formed on a first si... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7003003 | Method and apparatus for providing multiple independently controllable beams from a single laser output beam A laser output beam is directed into an acousto-optic cell. The acousto-optic cell is driven by RF voltages at a plurality of different frequencies. Portions of the laser output beam are diffracted by the acousto-optic cell at a plurality of different angles corresp... | 02/21/2006 |
| 5530666 | Optical memory The present invention is based on the use of a plurality of gratings recorded in an optical waveguide, the gratings having different Bragg wavelengths selected to store individual bits of data. The invention has particular application to optical fiber com... | 06/25/1996 |
| 4383734 | Real-time optical correlation system A correlation system providing the correlation function of two objects illuminated with coherent light by using the principle of double diffraction. The correlation system of the invention is essentially characterized in that it uses as recording medium a... | 05/17/1983 |
| 4321564 | Sequential beam switching of acousto-optic modulator An acousto-optic modulator beam switching device for use in recording and display systems comprises a source of collimated light; an acousto-optic modulator; said source being capable of being beamed at said modulator; a radio-frequency oscillator capable... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4000493 | Acoustooptic scanner apparatus and method An apparatus and method for laser-beam modulation and deflection wherein stored information is recorded on a photosensitive or other recording medium with a laser or other light beam. A plurality of separate frequencies is induced by a transducer on an ac... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3964032 | Optical system for storing information A wideband holographic information storage system records Fourier holograms on film in rapid succession, each hologram storing 128 bits of data. The hologram fringe pattern is held stationary by varying the reference beam frequency to track the variations... | 06/15/1976 |
| 3935566 | Multiple-channel information translation system and method A multiple-channel information translation system includes a Bragg light-sound interaction cell interposed in the path of a spatially coherent input light beam. Carrier generating means generates a plural number greater than two of electrical carriers eac... | 01/27/1976 |
