U.S. Patents
issued to Optical Sciences
faculty, students and staff

5,920,399 David R. Sandison, Mark R. Platzbecker, Timothy D. Vargo, Randal R. Lockart, Michael R. Descour, and Rebecca Richards-Kortum Multispectral imaging method and apparatus
5,825,033 H. H. Barrett, H. B. Barber, Joshua Eskin and Daniel Marks Signal-processing method for gamma-ray semiconductor sensor
5,813,809 William Russum Polymeric insert with crush-formed threads for mating with threaded surface.
5,744,267 K. Meerholz, B. Kippelen, N. Peyghambarian, S. R. Lyon, H. K. Hall Jr., A. B. Padias, Sandalphon, B. L. Volodin Azo-dye-doped photorefractive polymer composites for holographic testing and image processing
5,737,079 J. H. Burge and D. S. Anderson System and method for interferometric measurement of aspheric surfaces utilizing test plate provided with computer-generated hologram
5,727,226 M. Blaum, P. Siegel, G. Sincerbox and A. Vardy Method and apparatus for modulation of multi-dimensional data in holographic storage
5,680,738 Ralph M. Richard, C. Jay Allen, and James E. Partridge Stress reduction system for steel moment frames
5,636,013 John Hayes Suspension assembly static attitude and distance measuring instrument
5,602,643 H. H. Barrett Method and apparatus for correcting surface profiles determined by phase-shifting interferometry according to optical parameters of test surface
5,566,151 K. Bates, M. Mansuripur Optical devices having array detectors with light receiving photo arrays larger than an incident beam cross-section
5,521,702 Salamon, Zdzislaw, Richard A Schmidt, Gordon Tollin, and H Angus Macleod Reusable biocompatible interface for immobilization of materials on a solid support
5,502,566 Chiayu Ai, Lian-Zehn Shao, Robert E. Parks, and James C. Wyant Method and apparatus for absolute optical measurement of entire surfaces of flats
5,420,947 Lifeng Li and J. C. Brazas A method for achromatically coupling a beam of light into a waveguide
5,398,112 Chiayu Ai and James C. Wyant Method for testing an optical window with a small wedge angle
5,394,498 S. Hinterlong, R. Novotny, J. Sasian Optical fiber bundle and method for manufacturing
5,373,513 Dennis G. Howe, Hugh M. Hilden, and Edward J. Weldon, Jr. Shift correction code system for correcting additive errors and synchronization slips
5,353,164 Jose M. Sasian Objective lens for a free-space photonic switching system
5,271,016 Hugh M. Hilden and Dennis G. Howe Shift-correcting code system with efficient symbol-to-channel bit transformation
5,257,270 Hugh M. Hilden, Dennis G. Howe, and Edward J. Weldon, Jr. Shift-correction code rate-enhancing parity encoding/decoding
5,245,191 H. B. Barber, H. H. Barrett, E. L. Dereniak and M. M. Rogulski Semiconductor sensor for gamma-ray tomographic imaging system
5,231,533 Makoto Gonokami, Kenji Takeda, Eiichi Hanamura, and Yoshinori Tokura Nonlinear optical element and uses thereof
5,220,568 Dennis G. Howe, Edward J. Weldon, Jr.; Edward J., and Hugh M. Hilden Shift correcting code for channel encoded data
5,202,875 H. Rosen, K. Rubin, G. Sincerbox, T. Strand and J. Zavislan Multiple data surface optical data storage system and method
5,200,934 M. Mansuripur Method and apparatus for direct overwrite on magnetooptical recording media using circularly polarized microwaves
5,200,617 John Hayes PMN translator and linearization system in scanning probe microscope
5,189,906 V.B. Elings, J.A. Gurley, and D. Sarid Improved compact scanning force microscope
5,173,605 John Hayes Compact temperature-compensated tube-type scanning probe with large scan range and independent X, Y, and Z control
5,166,989 B. N. Kurdi, G. T. Sincerbox and J. Zavislan Integrated magneto-optical detection channel
5,153,778 Jose M. Sasian Powerless field corrective lens
5,115,336 Jay S. Schildkraut, Michael Scozzafava; Michaeland Dennis G. Howe Photorefractive system and process for its use
5,103,094 John Hayes Compact temperature-compensated tube-type scanning probe with large scan range
5,080,739 Félix E. Fernández and Charles M. Falco Method for making a beam splitter and partially transmitting normal-incidence mirrors for soft x-rays
5,075,562 J.E. Greivenkamp, R.J. Palum and K.G. Sullivan Method and apparatus for absolute moire distance measurements
5,075,560 J.E. Greivenkamp and R.J. Palum Moire distance measurement using a grating printed on or attached to a surface
5,064,286 John Hayes Optical alignment system utilizing alignment spot produced by image inverter
5,031,993 R. Asthana, R. Miller, F. Schellenberg, G. Sincerbox and J. Javislan Detecting polarization state of an optical wavefront
5,025,658 V.B. Elings, J.A. Gurley, and D. Sarid A compact scanning force microscope
4,988,886 R.J. Palum and J.E. Greivenkamp Moire distance measurement method and apparatus
4,987,496 J.E. Greivenkamp System for scanning halftone images
4,980,262 Harold T. Thomas and Dennis G. Howe Producing a replicate video disc by a method of photographic contact printing
4,955,719 John Hayes Interferometer with thin absorbing beam equalizing pellicle
4,884,003 John Hayes Compact micromotion translator
4,838,695 M. Mansuripur, M. Ruane and R. Rosenvold Apparatus for measuring reflectivity
4,832,489 Katherine Creath and James C. Wyant Two-wavelength phase-shifting interferometer and method
4,794,550 J.E. Greivenkamp Extended-range Moire contouring
4,791,584 J.E. Greivenkamp Sub-Nyquist interferometry
4,784,472 Eiichi Hanamura and Tetsuji Tokihiro Optical control system and method
4,678,736 Eiichi Hanamura, Yoshinori Tokura, Akio Takada, and Akiro Itsubo Optical recording media on which information is stored and method of making same
4,672,599 Frederick F. Geyer and Dennis G. Howe Optical disc unit and method and apparatus for writing and/or reading information thereon
4,645,338 G. T. Sincerbox, M. R. Latta, A. Juliana, & G. Willson Optical system for focus correction for a lithographic tool
4,639,139 Keith N. Prettyjohns and James C. Wyant Optical profiler using improved phase-shifting interferometry
4,595,014 H. H. Barrett, H. B. Barber and W. Wild Coded­aperture imaging probe
4,585,315 G. T. Sincerbox, H. W. Werlich, B. H. Yung Improved brightfield/darkfield microscope illuminator
4,577,306 Dennis G. Howe and Joseph J. Wrobel Method for optically writing and/or reading information on optical recording elements
4,575,193 J.E. Greivenkamp Optical spatial frequency filter
4,540,244 G. T. Sincerbox Opto-optical light deflector/modulator
4,539,573 Alan B. Marchant and Dennis G. Howe Protective construction for optical disk units
4,538,159 Mool C. Gupta, Joseph J. Wrobel, and Dennis G. Howe Ceramic overcoated optical recording element
4,533,211 G. T. Sincerbox and G. Bjorklund Frequency multiplexed optical spatial filter based upon photochemical hole burning
4,530,082 Dennis G. Howe and James A. Barnard Optical disc write/read employing passive focus maintenance
4,514,632 H. H. Barrett Modular scintillation camera
4,497,534 G. T. Sincerbox Holographic optical head
4,475,183 Alan B. Marchant and Dennis G. Howe Optical disk retrieval methods, media and systems employing digital data of high fractional bandwidth
4,466,035 G.A.N. Connell, M. Mansuripur Magneto-optic media and system optimization
4,460,259 J.E. Greivenkamp, D.N. Lambeth and J.W. Meyer Single lens rangefinder device having light emitter and detector
4,454,495 Thomas R. Werner, Ivan K. Schuller and Charles M. Falco Layered Ultra-thin Coherent Structures Used as Electrical Resisters having Zero or Lower Coefficient of Resistivity
4,448,854 Ivan K. Schuller and Charles M. Falco Coherent Multilayer Crystals and Method of Making
4,447,899 Frederick F. Geyer and Dennis G. Howe Optical disc method, media and apparatus for writing and/or reading information
4,444,456 K. Jain, M. R. Latta and G. T. Sincerbox Holographic Method and Apparatus for Transformation of a Light Beam Into a Line Source of Required Curvature and Finite Numerical Aperture
4,445,209 Lee Mickelson and Eric V. Olson Dithered Focusing Systems
4,436,420 S. W. Depp and G. T. Sincerbox Optical fluid analyzing Apparatus & Method
4,432,597 G. C. Bjorklund and G. T. Sincerbox Transmissive Holographic Optical element on Aberrating Substrate
4,430,183 Ivan K. Schuller and Charles M. Falco Method of Making Coherent Multilayer Crystals
4,424,519 Don B. Neumann, Norton, Lyle K. Norton, and Eric V. Olson System and Method for producing Artwork for Printed Circuit Boards
4,422,713 B. D. Grant, M. M. Hilden, C. R. Jones and G. T. Sincerbox Method for Making High Efficiency Holograms
4,422,083 Don B. Neumann, lyle K. Norton, and Eric V. Olson System and Method for Producing Artwork for printed Circuit Boards
4,419,750 Dennis G. Howe Constant track width optical disk recording
4,419,675 Don B. Neumann, Lyle K. Norton, and Eric V. olson Imaging System and Method for Printed Circuit Artwork and the Like
4,404,569 Don B. Neumann, Lyle K. Norton, and Eric V. Olson System and Method for Producing Artwork for printed Circuit Boards
4,362,023 Charles M. Falco Superconducting Thermoelectric Temperature Stabilization Device
4,360,908 Dennis G. Howe and Joseph J. Wrobel Physically optimized optical disc structure, method and apparatus
4,359,750 Dennis G. Howe Optical disc structure
4,354,196 Don B. Neumann, Lyle K. Norton, and Eric V. Olson Laser Engraving System with Massive Base Table and Synchronization Controls
4,349,901 Dennis G. Howe Apparatus and method for reading optical discs
4,346,965 R.A. Sprague and D. Sarid Light modulator/deflector using acoustic surface waves
4,336,545 Dennis G. Howe, Alan B. Marchant, and Joseph J. Wrobel Optical disc structure, method and apparatus physically optimized for writing and reading with a single wavelength
4,331,877 H. H. Barrett, W. Swindell, S. K. Gordon and J. E. Greivenkamp, Jr. Transverse tomography with optical filtering
4,331,877 H.H. Barrett, W. Swindell, S. Gordon and J.E. Greivenkamp Transverse tomography with optical filtering
4,329,588 H. H. Barrett, W. Swindell and J. E. Greivenkamp, Jr. Polarization switched optical filtering for transverse tomography
4,322,837 Lee Mickelson and Eric V. olson Dithered Center Tracking System
4,321,559 Leon Esterowitz and Robert C. Eckardt Multiwavelength self-pumped solid state laser
4,275,395 A. G. Dewey and G. T. Sincerbox Interactive Projection Display System
4,270,130 Conrad G. Houle, Dennis G. Howe, Harold T. Thomas, Joseph J. Wrobel and Bruce G. Fike Thermal deformation record device with bleachable dye
4,266,008 Robert T. Kampwirth, Ivan K. Schuller and Charles M. Falco Method for Etching Thin Films of Niobium and Niobium Containing Compounds for Preparing Superconductive Circuits
4,255,764 Dennis G. Howe Film scanner employing optical splice technique for frame-rate conversion
4,249,796 J. G. Gordon and G. T. Sincerbox Projection Display Device
4,245,247 Bruce G. Fike, Dennis G. Howe and Evan A. Edwards Hard copy reproduction from video disc information
4,236,183 Dennis G. Howe Optical configurations for a rotating polygon film scanner
4,222,070 Dennis G. Howe, Harold T. Thomas and James K. Lee Recording video information on a flexible master disc
4,205,339 Dennis G. Howe Frame storage and retrieval wherein the frame fields are quadrature amplitude modulated on a single carrier
4,201,581 Harold T. Thomas, Dennis G. Howe and James K. Lee Method of providing close contact for contact printing
4,176,377 Dennis G. Howe Video disc configuration
4,165,155 J. G. Gordon and G. T. Sincerbox Amplitude modulation of a light beam
4,150,880 Dennis G. Howe, Richard N. Blazey and James C. Owens Optical achromatization for acoustooptic deflectors
4,126,456 R. V. Pole, M. D. Shattuck, G. T. Sincerbox and H. W. Werlich Visual Image Recording Device
4,121,167 H.M. Gibbs, S.L. McCall, Jr., and T.N.C. Venkatesan Amplifying characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium
4,110,614 D. Sarid and T.G. Davis Corona device
4,093,358 M. D. Shattuck and G. T. Sincerbox High Efficiency Electrochromic Display Device
4,092,540 H. Barrett Radiographic camera with internal mask
4,081,673 W. Swindell and H. H. Barrett Transverse tomography apparatus and method
4,064,029 Cheng-Teh Wu, Charles M. Falco and Robert T. Kampwirth Method of Making an Improved Superconducting Quantum Inteference Device
4,056,723 B.E. Springett and D. Sarid Rotatable corona device
4,025,195 John F. Ebersole and James C. Wyant Image subtraction, addition system
4,023,036 H. H. Barrett and S. K. Gordon Apparatus and method for transaxial tomography
4,012,699 H.M. Gibbs, S.L. McCall, jr., and T.N.C. Venkatesan Amplifying characteristics of a cavity-enclosed nonlinear medium
3,961,191 W. W. Stoner, D. T. Wilson and H. H. Barrett Coded imaging systems
3,936,639 H. H. Barrett Radiographic imaging system for high energy radiation
3,906,229 G. D. DeMeester, H. H. Barrett and D. T. Wilson High-energy spatially coded image detecting system
3,882,310 H. H. Barrett Spatially modulated imaging system
3,867,637 M. Braun, H. D. Doolittle, H. H. Barrett, J. P. Sage and D. T. Wilson Extended monochromatic x-ray source
3,860,821 H. H. Barrett Imaging system
3,845,420 H. G. Holland, M. G. Schultz and H. H. Barrett Surface acoustic wave phase control device
3,831,031 H. Barrett, G. D. DeMeester and D. T. Wilson, Zone plate imaging system
3,829,688 H. H. Barrett High -intensity radiation imaging system
3,829,219 James C. Wyant Shearing interferometer
3,825,757 H. H. Barrett and F. A. Horrigan, Nuclear imaging system
3,801,785 H. H. Barrett Spatially modulated imaging system
3,766,498 R.G. Brewer and R.L. Shoemaker Method and apparatus for producing electromagnetic transient coherent effects
3,748,470 H. H. Barrett Imaging system utilizing spatial coding
3,729,249 M. A. Habegger and G. T. Sincerbox Method and Apparatus for Large Object Interference Pattern Recording
3,720,921 R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Recording In Reversible, Photochromic Medium
3,695,879 F. P. Laming, S. L. Levine and G. T. Sincerbox Hologram Life Extension
3,632,214 D. C. Chang, R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Method And Apparatus For Stabilizing The Phase Of Radiation
3,632,182 G. T. Sincerbox Method And Apparatus For Interference Pattern Recording
3,573,854 A.W. Grobin, J. L. Reynolds, R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Holographic Method For Generating Masking Patterns
3,555,545 J. L. Reynolds, R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox System Of Recording In Radiation Sensitive Medium
3,542,448 J. L. Reynolds, R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Holographic Recording and Readout of Digital Information
3,533,104 M. A. Habegger, T. J. Harris and G. T. Sincerbox Head-Up Display System
3,519,355 R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Light Filter
3,516,727 A. S. Marathay and J. J. Hickey Multipass Interferometric Optical Modulator
3,513,323 G. T. Sincerbox and J. L. Reynolds Light Beam Deflection System
3,512,879 J. L. Reynolds, R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Bandwidth Coded Photographic Film Memory
3,503,050 R. S. Schools and G. T. Sincerbox Wave Energy Recording In Radiation Sensitive Medium
3,497,831 A. S. Marathay and J. J. Hickey Broad Band Electro-optic Light Modulator
3,430,212 E. Max and G. T. Sincerbox Apparatus For Reading And Printing Stored Information By Light
3,423,736 W. W. Ash, K. M. Kosanke and G. T. Sincerbox Apparatus For Reading Information Selectively From Storage Devices
3,417,381 G. T. Sincerbox Apparatus For Writing Information In Memory By Light
3,396,266 E. Max and G. T. Sincerbox Optical Information Read-Out System
3,391,970 G. T. Sincerbox Optical Memory In Which A Digital Light Deflector Is Used In A Bi-Directional Manner
3,391,599 H. F. Fleisher, K. M. Kosanke and G. T. Sincerbox Detection Of Tape Defects By Means Of Multiple Beam Interference