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 2015
Biocompatible Nano Rare Earth Oxide Upconverters for Imaging and Therapeutics, Michael Bass, Sudipta Seal, and William Self
Photodetectors Based on Wurtzite MgZnO, Winston Schoenfeld, Ryan Boutwell, and Ming Wei
Liquid Crystal Display Panel, Shin-Tson Wu, Yu-Cheng Lai, and Yifan Liu
Patents from 2014
Signal processing using spectrally phase encoded optical frequency combs, Peter Delfyett
Optical Modulator with Linear Response, Peter Delfyett, Josue Davila-Rodriguez, Michael Goldblatt, and Nazanin Hoghooghi
An Optoelectronic Oscillator Using A High Finesse Etalon, Peter Delfyett and Ibrahim Ozdur
Semiconductor Light Sources Including Selective Diffusion for Optical and Electrical Confinement, Dennis Deppe and Sabine Freisem
Laser Pulse Temporal, Spectral And Spatial Shaping Devices Based On Volume Diffractive Gratings With Variable Parameters, Leonid Glebov, Oleksiy Andrusyak, Emilie Flecher, Larissa Glebova, Julien Lumeau, Sergiy Mokhov, Vadim Smirnov, Vladim Smirnov, and Boris Zeldovich
Solid State Gas Dissociating Device, Solid State Sensor, and Solid State Transformer, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Polarization Demultiplexing Using Independent Component Analysis, Guifang Li, Xiaobo Xie, and Fatih Yaman
Silicon Photonic Fiber and Method of Manufacture, Guifang Li and Fatih Yaman
Waveguides Configured to Simultaneously Guide Electromagnetic Waves of Different Wavelengths, Guifang Li and Fatih Yaman
Efficient Computation And Compensation Of Linear And Nonlinear Distortion in Dispersion-Managed Fiber-Optic Transmission, Guifang Li and Likai Zhu
Electrode Structure, Method, and Application, Winston Schoenfeld and Hani Khallaf
Extremely Non-Degenerate Two Photon Absorption Sensing Method, Apparatus, and Applications, Eric Vanstryland and David Hagan
Display Device, Shin-Tson Wu, Yu-Pei Chang, Meizi Jiao, Yan Li, Chen-Chu Tsai, and Ming-Huan Yang
Patents from 2013
Emissive Fibers Containing Up Converters Excited by GaAs Based Semiconductor Light Sources, Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
Low voltage display or indicator systems employing combinations of up converters and semiconductor light sources., Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
Up Converters and GaAs Based Semiconductor Light Sources System for Large Color Gamut Display and Projection Displays, Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
Optoelectronic Logic Gate for Real Time Data Mining in a Bit Stream, Peter Delfyett, Ibrahim Ozdur, Sarper Ozharar, and Franklyn Quinlan
Systems and Methods for Controlling Objects, Aristide Dogariu, Gabriel Biener, and Kiminobu Sugaya
Process of production of high efficiency diffractive and refractive optical elements in multicomponent silicate glass by nonlinear photo ionization followed by thermal development., Leonid Glebov, Larissa Glebova, Julien Lumeau, Leo Siiman, and Vladim Smirnov
Method for Generating, Transmitting, and Receiving Power, Aravinda Kar and Bruce Marshall
Apparatus and Method of Forming High Crystalline Quality Layer, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Laser Assisted Nano Deposition, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Laser Formation of Graphene, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Systems for Extending WDM Transmission into the O Band, Guifang Li
Electronic Compensation of Nonlinear Effects ofSemiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Guifang Li and Xiaoxu Li
Compensation of Optical Transmission Impairments Using Digital Backward Propagation, Guifang Li, Eduardo Mateo, and Fatih Yaman
Compensation of Transmission Impairments in Polarization Multiplexed Systems, Guifang Li, Eduardo Mateo, and Fatih Yaman
Hybrid Differential Optical Sensing Imager, Nabeel Riza and Hassan Foroosh
Cubic Semiconductor Alloys for Deep UV Applications, Winston Schoenfeld
Liquid Crystals Composition and Liquid Crystal Display With Patterned Electrodes, Shin-Tson Wu, Chao-Lung Chin, Sebastian Gauza, Zhibing Ge, Hsu-Kuan Hsu, and Linghui Rao
Patents from 2012
Pump Cavities for Diode Laser Array Pumped Laser Rods, Michael Bass and Ying Chen
Composite cavity for enhanced efficiency of up conversion., Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
Dynamic Reflectarray Technology for Electro-Optical Sensors, Glenn Boreman, Edit Braunstein, James Ginn, Thomas Haberfelde, Andrew Hawkins, David Shelton, and Gene Tener
Diffraction Free, Self-Bending Airy Wave Arrangement, Aristide Dogariu, Demetrios Christodoulides, and Georgios Siviloglou
Articles Comprising Crystalline Layers on Low Temperature Substrates, Aravinda Kar and Sachin Bet
Method of Fabricating Solid State Gas Dissociating Device By Laser Doping, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Electronic Post-Compensation of Optical Transmission Impairments Using Digital Backward Propagation, Guifang Li, Xin Chen, Gilad Goldfarb, Inwoong Kim, Xiaoxu Li, Eduardo Mateo, Fatih Yaman, and Likai Zhu
Dispersion Compensation Using Digital Infinite Impulse Response Filtering, Guifang Li and Gilad Goldfarb
Electronic Compensation of Impairments Using Wavelet Filters for Backward Propagation, Guifang Li and Gilad Goldfarb
Systems and Methods of Polarization Time Coding for Optical Communications, Guifang Li and Yan Han
Hybrid Optical Distance Sensor, Nabeel Riza
Hybrid Photonic Signal Processing Modules, Nabeel Riza
Spatially Smart Optical Sensing and Scanning, Nabeel Riza and Frank Perez
Systems and Method for Performing Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy, Jannick Rolland and Panomsak Meemon
Dynamically Focused Optical Instrument, Jannick Rolland and Supraja Murali
Optical Instruments Having Dynamic Focus, Jannick Rolland, Supraja Murali, and Kevin Thompson
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display Comprising A Dielectric Layer Between The First And Second Electrodes In The Transmissive Region, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Wang-Yang Li, Chung-Kuang Wei, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Liquid crystal display devices with high transmittance and wide viewing angle, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Wide-Acceptance-Angle Circular Polarizers (DIV), Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Liquid Crystal Display with Different Twisting Directions of Liquid Crystal Molecules, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, Wang-Yang Li, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, and Xinyu Zhu
Transflective liquid crystal displays., Shin-Tson Wu, Wang-Yang Li, Ruibo Lu, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Polarizing Lamp, Shin-Tson Wu, Wang-Yang Li, Chang Tsai, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Liquid Crystal Display, Xinyu Zhu, Zhibing Ge, Wang-Yang Li, Chung-Kuang Wei, and Shin-Tson Wu
Patents from 2011
Signal processing using spectrally phase-encoded optical frequency combs, Peter Delfyett
Ultralow Noise Mode-locked Laser and RF Sinewave Source. DIV, Peter Delfyett, Myoung-Taek Choi, and Sangyoun Gee
Systems and Methods for Generating a Tunable Laser Beam, Peter Delfyett, Kye-Sung Lee, Panomask Meemon, and Jannick Rolland
Embedded Semiconductor Component, Aravinda Kar and Nat Quick
Solid State Energy Conversion Device, Aravinda Kar and Nathaniel Quick
Optical device and Method of Making, Aravinda Kar, Nathaniel Quick, and Islam Salama
Direct Detection DIfferential Polarization-Phase-Shift Keying for High Spectral Efficiency Optical Communication, Guifang Li and Yan Han
Systems and Methods for Optical Carrier Recovery, Guifang Li and Inwoong Kim
Generator for Flux Specific Bursts of Nano-Particles, Martin Richardson, Chiew-Seng Koay, and Kazutoshi Takenoshita
Hybrid gain guiding in laser resonators, Martin Richardson, Timothy McComb, and Vikas Sudesh
Methods and Systems for Realizing High Resolution Three-Dimensional Optical Imaging, Nabeel Riza
Imaging Systems for Eyeglass-Based Display Devices, Jannick Rolland and Ozan Cakmakci
Fast Response Liquid Crystal Mode. DIV.B, Shin-Tson Wu and Wing Choi
High Speed and Wide Viewing Angle Liquid Crystal Displays, Shin-Tson Wu and Wing Choi
Liquid Crystal Display Device Having Patterned Electrodes for Repetitive Divided Horizontal Electric Field and Fringing Electric Field, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display Having Mutually Complementary Patterned Electrode and Reflector, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, and Xinyu Zhu
Liquid Crystal Display with Different Twisting Directions of Liquid Crystal Molecules, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, Wang-Yang Li, and Chung-Kuang Wei
Patents from 2010
Narrow Spectral Width Lasers Optimized and Temperature Stabilized with Volume Bragg Grating Mirrors, Michael Bass and Te-Yuan Chung
Composite cavity for enhanced efficiency of up conversion., Michael Bass and Dennis Deppe
Elliptical Polarizers, Tags and Identification Systems Using Frequency Selective Surfaces, Glenn Boreman, Daniel Mullally, and Jeffrey Tharp
Mode-Locked Optical Amplifier As A Source For A wdm-WDM Hierarchy Architecture, Peter Delfyett, Thomas Banwell, Shahab Etemad, Stefano Galli, Janet Lehr Jackel, Ronald Menedez, and Paul Toliver
Phase Chip Frequency-Bins Optical Code Division Multiple Access, Peter Delfyett, Thomas Banwell, Shahab Etemad, Stefano Galli, Janet Lehr Jackel, Ronald Menedez, and Paul Toliver
Matched Optical Waveforms for Detection and Identification of Biological Pathogens., Peter Delfyett, Geoffrey Burdge, John DeSalvo, Bruce FitzGerald, and Andreas Leven
High Precision Measurement of the Free Spectral Range of an Etalon, Peter Delfyett, Sangyoun Gee, Sarper Ozharar, and Franklyn Quinlan
Optical Frequency Self Sabilization in a Couple of Optoelectronic Oscillator, Peter Delfyett, Sangyoun Gee, Sarper Ozharar, and Franklyn Quinlan
Extreme Optical Pulse Stretching Amplification and Compression with Active Dispersion Tuning, Peter Delfyett and Scott Rozzo
Optical Coagulation Monitor and Method of Use, Aristide dogariu
Double Bragg-Grating Scanning- Transmitter/Receiver, Leonid Glebov and Vladim Smirnov
Deposition of Crystalline Layers on Polymer Substrates Using Nanoparticles and Laser Nanoforming, Aravinda Kar and Sachin Bet
Apparatus and Method for increasing thermal conductivity of a substrate., Aravinda Kar and Nathaniel Quick
Systems and Methods for Adaptive Interference Cancellation, Guifang Li
Direct Detection DIfferential Polarization-Phase-Shift Keying for High Spectral Efficiency Optical Communication, Guifang Li and Yan Han
Waveguide-Pumping Gain-Guided Index Anti Guided Fiber Lasers, Martin Richardson, John Ballato, Michael Bass, William Hagemann, Timothy McComb, Anthony Siegman, and Vikas Sudesh
Advanced Droplet and Plasma Targeting System, Martin Richardson, Robert Bernath, Christopher Brown, Joshua Duncan, and Kazutosh Takenoshita
Systems and Methods for Providing Compact Illumination in Head Mounted Displays, Jannick Rolland, Yonggang Ha, and Vesselin Shaoulov
Transflective LCD with Reflective Layer Connected to Reference Voltage Greater than 0.5 VRMS and Less than LC Threshold Voltage, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Wang-Yang Li, Ruibo Lu, Chung-Kuang Wei, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Transflective LCD using multilayer dielectric film transflector, Shin-Tson Wu, Zhibing Ge, Qiong-Hua Wang, Xinzhang Wu, and Xinyu Zhu
Head Mounted Display with Curved Display Screen, Curved Tunable Focus Liquid Crystal Micro-Lens and First and Second Curved Black Masks Corresponding independently to One of the Right and Left Eye, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, and Xinzhang Wu
Vertical Alignment Liquid Crystal Displays with High Transmittance and Wide View Angle, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, Ruibo Lu, and Xinzhang Wu
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display Using Separate Transmissive and Reflective Liquid Crystal Cells and Materials with Single Cell Gap, Shin-Tson Wu, Qi Hong, and Yung-Hsun Wu
Transflective Liquid Crystal Display, Shin-Tson Wu, Ju-Hyun Lee, and Xinyu Zhu
Patents from 2009
Sub-Millimeter and Infrared Reflectarray, Glenn Boreman, James Ginn, and Brian Lail
Elliptical Polarizers, Tags and Identification Systems Using Frequency Selective Surfaces, Glenn Boreman, Daniel Mullally, and Jeffrey Tharp