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Mar 2013
Partitioned-Interval Quantum Optical Communications Receiver

The receiver structure described here improves upon the performance of optical communications links, achieving high sensitivity and high data rates even with extremely weak optical signals.

The proposed quantum receiver in this innovation partitions each binary signal interval into two unequal segments: a short “pre-measurement” segment in the ...
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Cobra Fiber-Optic Positioner Upgrade

This technology could be used for applications requiring precise location of a small object within a small circular area, such as in medical lasers.

A prime focus spectrometer (PFS), along with corrective optics, will mount in place of the secondary mirror of the Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea, ...
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Practical UAV Optical Sensor Bench With Minimal Adjustability

A multiple-pass optical platform eliminates essentially all optical alignment degrees of freedom, save one. A fourpass absorption spectrometer architecture is made rigid by firmly mounting dielectric-coated mirror prisms with no alignment capability to the platform. The laser diode beam is collimated by a small, custom-developed lens, which has only a ...
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Jan 2013
UV Resonant Raman Spectrometer With Multi-Line Laser Excitation
Towed Subsurface Optical Communications Buoy
Sep 2012
Glass Solder Approach for Robust, Low-Loss, Fiber-to- Waveguide Coupling
General MACOS Interface for Modeling and Analysis for Controlled Optical Systems
ASIC Readout Circuit Architecture for Large Geiger Photodiode Arrays
Jul 2012
885-nm Pumped Ceramic Nd:YAG Master Oscillator Power Amplifier Laser System
Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser With Efficient Coupling and Beam Profile
Measurement Via Optical Near-Nulling and Subaperture Stitching
May 2012
Method of Bonding Optical Elements With Near-Zero Displacement
Optical Phase Recovery and Locking in a PPM Laser Communication Link
Reliable Optical Pump Architecture for Highly Coherent Lasers Used in Space Metrology Applications
Method to Enhance the Operation of an Optical Inspection Instrument Using Spatial Light Modulators
High-Speed Edge-Detecting Line Scan Smart Camera
Downsampling Photodetector Array With Windowing
Optical Communications Channel Combiner
Development of Thermal Infrared Sensor To Supplement Operational Land Imager
Mar 2012
Optical Communications Receiver
Low-Noise, Large-Area Quad Photoreceivers Based on Low-Capacitance Quad Photodiodes
Wavefront Sensing Analysis of Grazing Incidence Optical Systems
RxGen General Optical Model Prescription Generator
Jan 2012
High-Speed Digital Interferometry
Integrated Optics Achromatic Nuller for Stellar Interferometry
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