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Inventor: Terry M. Turpin


Address: Columbia, MD
No. of patents: 12
Last patent issue date: 07/13/2010

NumberTitleIssue Date
7756424Optical CDMA communications system using OTDL device
An optical code division multiple access communication system using a processor processes at least one collimated input beam which has been modulated with a data signal to produce multiple time-delayed output beams. The multiple time-delayed output beams are spatial...
07/13/2010
7720226Private and secure optical communication system using an optical tapped delay line
A method and apparatus for secure transmission of an information-containing optical signal. An optical signal is divided into a first plurality of sub-bands. Each of the sub-bands is modified to encrypt the information contained in the optical signal. The modified s...
05/18/2010
7509048Method and apparatus for optical signal processing using an optical tapped delay line
An Optical Tapped Delay Line (OTDL), which resolves multiple wavelength signals having extremely narrow wavelength spacing, is combined with other known optical devices to provide a wide variety of optical signal processing applications, including: multiplexing and ...
03/24/2009
7062174Wavelength division multiplexing add-drop multiplexer using an optical tapped delay line
An Optical Tapped Delay Line (OTDL) is combined with other known optical apparatuses to provide an add-drop multiplexer for a wavelength division multiplexing fiber optic network. Each output beam of the OTDL is spatially distinguishable in free space. This waveleng...
06/13/2006
6608721Optical tapped delay line
An OTDL device in accordance with the present invention is a method for and device for spatially resolving the wavelengths in an optical signal, i.e., channelizing or demultiplexing. The device is based on a tapped optical delay line....
08/19/2003
5751243Image synthesis using time sequential holography
A method and apparatus for producing an image of a target area, by: at an observation location spaced from the target area, transmitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation toward the target area, and receiving reflections of the radiation from the target...
05/12/1998
5736958Image synthesis using time sequential holography
A method and apparatus for producing an image of a target area, by: at an observation location spaced from the target area, transmitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation toward the target area, and receiving reflections of the radiation from the target...
04/07/1998
5623360Time delay beam formation
Optical systems are disclosed which are capable of generating and rapidly changing time delays of electrical signals for true time delay beam formation and beam steering and for signal processing applications. The systems utilize an interferometer configu...
04/22/1997
5390046Time delay beam formation
Optical systems are disclosed which are capable of generating and rapidly changing time delays of electrical signals for true time delay beam formation and beam steering and for signal processing applications. The systems utilize an interferometer configu...
02/14/1995
5384573Image synthesis using time sequential holography
A method and apparatus for producing an image of a target area, by: at an observation location spaced from the target area, transmitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation toward the target area, and receiving reflections of the radiation from the target...
01/24/1995
5079555Sequential image synthesizer
A method and apparatus for producing an image of a target area, by: at an observation location spaced from the target area, transmitting a beam of electromagnetic radiation toward the target area, and receiving reflections of the radiation from the target...
01/07/1992
4225938Time-integrating acousto-optical processors
Disclosed are acousto-optical information processors employing a two-dimensional, time-integrating architecture. These three-product type processors are multi-purpose processors which can perform a variety of complex signal processing operations in two-di...
09/30/1980
 
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