UCF faculty, students, and staff make new discoveries every day. This collection highlights patents obtained by the College of Optics and Photonics.
A listing of all UCF patents, can be found here.
Patents from 2009
Extreme Chirped/Stretched Pulsed Amplification and Laser DIV., Peter Delfyett, Resan Bojan, and Kim Kyungbum
Extreme Chirped/ Stretched Pulsed Amplification and Laser DIVB, Peter Delfyett, Resan Bojan, and Kim Kyungbum
Ultralow Noise Mode-locked Laser and RF Sinewave Source, Peter Delfyett, Myoung-Taek Choi, and Sangyoun Gee
Signal Analysis Using Multi-Mode, Common-Path Interferometry, Aristide Dogariu and Erwan Baleine
Volume Bragg Lasers Based on High Efficiency Diffractive Elements in Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glass, Leonid Glebov, Vladim Smirnov, and Georgiy Venus
Multi-domain in-plane switching liquid crystal displays with interleaved common and pixel chevron-shaped electrodes in both horizontal and vertical directions to divide electrode structure into two regions, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, and Shin-Tson Wu
Micro-Sculpting Using Phase Masks for Projection Lithography., Eric Johnson, Heidi Hockel, Mahesh Pitchumani, and Jin Won Sung
Method of Drawing a Ceramic, Aravinda Kar, Yonggang Li, Raymond McNeice, and Nat Quick
Laser Beam Shaping for Pitchfork Profile, Aravinda Kar, Nathaniel Quick, and Chong Zhang
High Intensity MHz Mode-Locked Laser, Martin Richardon and Arnaud Zoubir
Nanoparticle seeded short-wavelength discharge lamps, Martin Richardson
Systems and Methods for Measuring Ultra-Short Light Pulses, Martin Richardson, Robert Bernath, Joshua Duncan, Michael Hemmer, Timothy McComb, and Etienne Puyoo
Imaging System for Eyeglass-Based Display Devices, Jannick Rolland and Ozan Cakmakci
Compact Optical See-Through Head-Mounted Display with Occlusion Support, Jannick Rolland, Ozan Cakmakci, and Yonggang Ha
Projection based Head Mounted Display with Eye-Tracking Capabilities, Jannick Rolland and Costin Curatu
Differential Shack-Hartman Curvature Sensor, Jannick Rolland and Weiyao Zou
Increase Spatial Sampling For Wave Front Mid-Spatial Frequency Error Recovery, Jannick Rolland and Weiyao Zou
Wide Viewing Angle Transflective Liquid Crystal Display., Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Wang-Yang Li, Chung-Kuang Wei, and Xinzhang Wu
Head Mounted Display with Eye Accommodation having 3-D Image Producing System Consisting of, For Each Eye, One Single Planar Display Screen, One Single Planar Tunable Focus LC Micro-Lens Array, One Single Planar Black Mask and Bias Lens, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, and Xinzhang Wu
Liquid Crystal Display, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, Wang-Yang Li, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Multi-domain vertical alignment liquid crystal displays with improved angular dependent gamma curves., Shin-Tson Wu, Seung Hee Lee, Wang-Yang Li, Ruibo Lu, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Wide-Angle and Broadband Polarization Converter, Shin-Tson Wu, Wang-Yang Li, Chang-Ching Tsai, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Multi-Film Compensated liquid crystal display with Initial Homogenous Alignment, Shin-Tson Wu and Xinyu Zhu
Patents from 2008
Lasers that operate independently of temperature., Michael Bass, Brian Brickeen, Stephan Fahr, John Koroschetz, and Alexandra Rapaport
High resolution, full color, high brightness fully integrated light emitting devices and displays, Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
Infrared/Millimeter wave focal plane array, Glenn Boreman and Mohamed Abdel-Ruhman
Ultra-Sensitive Silicon Sensor, Long-Wave Infrared Microantenna, Glenn Boreman, Nathan Bluzer, Peter Krenz, and Brian Lail
Systems and Methods for High-Precision Length Measurement, Peter Delfyett
Systems And Methods For Long-Range, High-Resolution Laser Radar Range Detection, Peter Delfyett, Kyungbum Kim, Leonard Kisimbi, and Shinwook Lee
Ablative Material Removal with a preset Removal Rate or Volume or Depth, Peter Delfyett and Richard Stoltz
Frequency Tunable Resonant Apparatus, Aristide Dogariu and Pieter Kik
Stretching and compression of laser pulses by means of high efficiency volume diffractive gratings with variable period in photo-thermo-refractive glass, Leonid Glebov, Emilie Flecher, Almantas Galvanaushas, Kai-Hsiu L, and Vladim Smirnov
Optical beam steering and switching by optically controlled liquid crystal spatial light modulator with angular magnification by high efficiency PTR Bragg gratings., Leonid Glebov, Sarik Nersisyan, Vasile Rotar, Vladim Smirnov, and Nelson Tabirian
Sensitization of Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glass to Visable Radiation by Two-Step Illumination (CIP), Leonid Glebov and Vladim Smirnov
Volume Bragg Lasers Based on High Efficiency Diffractive Elements in Photo-Thermo-Refractive Glass CIP, Leonid Glebov, Vladim Smirnov, and Georgiy Venus
Transflective liquid crystal display using separate transmissive and reflective liquid crystal cells and materials with single cell gap, Qi Hong, Qiong-Hua Wang, Shin-Tson Wu, and Yung-Hsun Wu
Wavelength locked laser including integrated wavelength selecting total internal reflection (TIR) Structure., Eric Johnson, Jason O'Daniel, and Oleg Smolski
Hybrid MOPA having narrowband oscillator and amplifier with integrated optical coupling., Eric Johnson, Jason O'Daniel, Oleg Smolski, and Pradeep Srinivasan
Laser Assisted Nano Deposition, Aravinda Kar and Nathaniel Quick
Regeneration of Optical Phase-Modulated Signals, Guifang Li, Kevin Croussore, and Cheolhwan Kim
Direct-Detection Optical Differential 8-Level Phase Shift Keying (OD8PSK) for Spectrally Efficient Transmission, Guifang Li, Yan Han, and Cheolhwan Kim
Generator for Flux Specific Bursts of Nano-particles, Martin Richardon, Chiew-Seng Koay, and Kazutoshi Takenoshita
EUV, XUV and X-Ray Wavelength Sources Created from Laser Plasma Produced from Liquid Metal Solutions. DIV.B, Martin Richardson
High Temperature Minimally Invasive Optical Sensing Modules, Nabeel Riza and Frank Perez
Differential Shack-Hartman Curvature Sensor., Jannick Rolland and Weiyao Zou
Fast Response Liquid Crystal Mode DIV, Shin-Tson Wu and Wing Choi
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display with Fringing and Longitudinal Electric Field, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, and Xinyu Zhu
Fringe field switching liquid crystal displays using trapezoid electrodes, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, and Ruibo Lu
Vertical alignment Liquid Crystal Displays with high transmittance and wide view angle., Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, and Xinzhang Wu
Electronically Tunable Polarization-Independent Micro-Lens Using Polymer Network Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystals, Shin-Tson Wu, Yuhua Huang, Hongwen Ren, and Xinyu Zhu
Tunable electronic lens and prisms using inhongeneous nano scale liquid crystal droplets. DIV.A, Shin-Tson Wu and Hongwen Ren
Variable-focus liquid lens, Shin-Tson Wu and Hongwen Ren
Multi-Film Compensation liquid crystal display with Intial Homogenous Alignment, Shin-Tson Wu and Xinyu Zhu
Reflective liquid crystal projection displays with low voltage and high contrast using improved bisector effect., Shin-Tson Wu and Xinyu Zhu
Patents from 2007
Interferometric Sensor for Characterizing Material, Aristide Dogariu
Polarimetry of Three-Dimensional Optical Fields., Aristide Dogariu and Jeremy Ellis
Optical Interconnect platform including Bragg Diffractive Grating in a Bulk Material., Alexei Glebov, Leonid Glebov, Vadim Smirnov, and Kishio Yokouchi
Laser to Fiber Coupling, Eric Johnson, Jeff Bullington, Richard Stoltz, and Laurent Vaissie
Method of Drawing a Composite Wire., Aravinda Kar, Yonggang Li, Raymond McNeice, and Nat Quick
Process for Fabricating Semiconductor Component, Aravinda Kar, Nathaniel Quick, and Islam Salama
All Optical Regeneration, Guifang Li and Yuhua Li
Laser Plasma from Metals and Nano-particles (EUR), Martin Richardson
Agile Spectral Interferometric Microscopy, Nabeel Riza, Amana Bokhari, and Frank Perez
Fast Response Liquid Crystal Mode, Shin-Tson Wu and Wing Choi
Transflective LCD Using Multilayer Dielectric Film Transflector, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Qiong-Hua Wang, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
VFringe field switching liquid crystal displays using trapazoid electrodes, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, and Ruibo Lu
Flower Shaped Vertical Alignment Liquid Crystal Display with Wide Viewing Angle and Fast response time, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, and Xinzhang Wu
General film compensated reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display, Shin-Tson Wu and Xinyu Zhu
Patents from 2006
Ring geometry diode lasers arrays and methods so that they are coherent with each other., Michael Bass and Jun Dong
Light Source using Emitting Particles to Provide Visible Light, Michael Bass, Alfred Ducharme, and Alexandra Rapaport
Substrate design for optimized performance of up-conversion phosphors utilizing proper thermal management, Michael Bass, Hans Jennsen, Anne Milliez, and Alexandra Rapaport
Multispectral Multpolarization Antenna-Coupled Infrared Focal Plane Array, Glenn Boreman, Francisco Gonzalez, and James Porter
Extreme Chirped/Stretched Pulsed Amplification and Laser, Peter Delfyett, Bojan Resan, and Kyungbum Kim
Controlling Pulse Energy of an Optical Amplifier by Controlling Pump Diode Current, Peter Delfyett and Richard Stoltz
Method of Predicting Optical Properties and Physical Characteristics to Formulate Optimum Coating System, Aristide Dogariu, Gary Freeman, and Richard Carter
Method for Drawing Continuous Fiber, Aravinda Kar, Yonggang Li, Raymond McNeice, and Nathaniel Quick
EUV, XUV and X-Ray Wavelength Sources Created from Laser Plasma Produced from Liquid Metal Solutions [DIV], Martin Richardson
Liquid Jet-Initiated Plasma Discharge for Generating Useful Plasma Radiation, Martin Richardson and William Silfvast
Compact Microlenslet Arrays Imager, Jannick Rolland, Vesselin Chaoulov, and Ricardo Martins
Head Mounted Projection Display with a Wide Field of View, Jannick Rolland, Larry Davis, and Yonggang Ha
Head Mounted Display by Integration of Phase-Conjugate Material, Jannick Rolland, Yonggang Ha, and Ricardo Martins
Iterative Least-Squares Wavefront estimation for general pupil shapes, Jannick Rolland and Weiyao Zou
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display with Partial Switching, Shin-Tson Wu
High Brightness Twisted Nematic Transflective Liquid Crystal Display, Shin-Tson Wu and Wing Choi
Fast Response in-plane-switching pi-cell liquid crystal displays, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Full color transflective cholesteric liquid crystal display with slant reflectors above transmissive pixels, Shin-Tson Wu, Yi-Pai Huang, Hongwen Ren, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Electronically Tunable Polarization-Independent Micro-Lens Polymer Network Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal, Shin-Tson Wu, Yuhua Huang, Hongwen Ren, and Xinyu Zhu
Achromatic quarter-wave films, Shin-Tson Wu, Yuhua Huang, and Xinzhang (Thomas) Wu
Tunable electronic lens and prisms using inhomogeneous nano scale liquid crystal droplets, Shin-Tson Wu and Hongwen Ren
Variable Focus Liquid Lens, Shin-Tson Wu and Hongwen Ren
Patents from 2005
Method and Apparatus for Use of Beam Control Prisms with Diode Laser Arrays, Michael Bass, Louis Chow, Te-Yuan Chung, and Daniel Rini
Optically Written Display, Michael Bass, Alexandra Rapaport, and Jason Eichenholz
Lutetium Yttrium Orthosilicate Single Crystal Scintillator Detector, Bruce Chai and Yangyang Ji
Microrheology using Low Coherence Dynamic Light Scattering, Aristide Dogariu, Gabriel Popescu, and Raj Rajagopalan
EUV, XUV, and X-Ray wavelength sources created from laser plasma produced from liquid metal solutions and nano-size particles in solution, Martin Richardson
EUV, XUV, and X-Ray wavelength sources created from laser plasma produced from liquid metal solutions and nano-size particles in solution (DIV), Martin Richardson
Head-mounted Display by Integration of Phase-Conjugate Material, Jannick Rolland, Yonggang Ha, and Ricardo Martins
Reflective and Transflective liquid crystal displays using a wire grid reflector., Shin-Tson Wu
Adaptive Liquid Crystal Lenses, Shin-Tson Wu, Yun-Hsing Fan, and Hongwen Ren
Tunable electronic lens and prisms using inhomogeneous nano scale liquid crystal droplets., Shin-Tson Wu and Hongwen Ren