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Monitoring Structural Health Using Diffractive Optical Processors (Case No. 2025-201)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel structural health monitoring system that is highly accurate and cost effective, addressing limitations in current infrastructure and civil health monitoring and a rise in public safety concerns. Background: The need for structural health monitoring...

Published: 7/25/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Yuntian Wang, Yuhang Li

Keywords(s): 3D structures, Adaptive Optics, AI-generated images and content, all-optical diffractive computing, all-optical transformation, analog computing, analog optical computing, Analogue Electronics, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence algorithms, artificial intelligence augmentation, artificial intelligence/machine learning models, artificial-intelligent materials, civil engineering, civil infrastructure, civil monitoring, computational imaging, computational imaging task, Construction, deep diffractive network, Diffraction, diffractive design, diffractive image reconstruction, diffractive network, diffractive processor, diffractive surface, digital image reconstruction, electromagnetic spectrum, Electro-Optics, Image Analysis, Image Processing, Image Resolution, image restoration, image signal processing, Imaging, Infrastructure, Lens (Optics), linear optics, Nanostructure, optical processor, optically-guided structural monitoring, Optics, passive light-matter interactions, security imaging, Signal Reconstruction, Structural health monitoring, structural health monitoring (SHM), structure monitoring, Structures

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Imaging, Materials, Materials > Construction Materials, Electrical > Visual Computing, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Electrical > Instrumentation, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Software & Algorithms > Programs

Method and Apparatus for Dual-Comb Sensing With Carrier Envelope Phase Stabilized Frequency Comb (Case No. 2025-073)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have developed a groundbreaking method to stabilize carrier envelope phase (CEP) shifts, achieving record-low phase noise and ultraprecise frequency detection. Background: Frequency combs enable highly precise optical frequency measurements critical for applications...

Published: 6/27/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Mirali Seyed Shariatdoust

Keywords(s): Frequency conversion, high-frequency signals, Laser, lasers, Optical Communication , optical transmission, Optics, quantum communication, Quantum Computer, quantum processing, Radio Frequency, radiofrequency signaling, RF signal, Signal Processing, Signal-To-Noise Ratio

Category(s): Electrical > Signal Processing, Optics & Photonics > Lasers, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy, Electrical > Quantum Computing

Intuitive Optical System Design Software

This program simplifies optical system design by offloading calculations to the computer, allowing engineers to work with optical axis components in a way that more closely aligns with their natural thought and visualization processes. Background: Existing optical design methods require the user to place and orient individual optical elements in...

Published: 7/2/2025 | Inventor(s): Eric Edlund, Nathaniel Rose

Keywords(s): engineering, optics, photonics, software, Technologies

Category(s): Campus > SUNY Cortland, Technology Classifications > Information Technology

Improved Chemical-Mechanical Polishing Slurry Composition and Method to Improve Polishing of Metals and Non-metals Using Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles

Reducing manufacturing time, cost, and labor by employing chemistry to transform a two-step process into an easily controlled single-step. Background: Integrated circuits are built of many layers. Each layer must be perfectly flat so that connections line up between layers and electricity flows properly throughout. Conventional CMP systems consist...

Published: 5/13/2025 | Inventor(s): Christopher Netzband, Kathleen Dunn

Keywords(s): abrasive, cerium, cerium oxide, chemical activity, chemical mechanical polishing, CMP, CMP slurries, dielectrics, fiber optics, integrated circuit, lens, mechanical polish, metallic surface, optics, polish, polishing, semiconductor wafers, semiconductors, slurry, surface finishing, surface quality

Category(s): Campus > SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology

Wireless, Implantable Catheter-type Oximeter Designed for Cardiac Oxygen Saturation

LUNU 2020-226 INVENTORS John Rogers* Wei Lu Joseph Forbess Zhi-Dong Ge SHORT DESCRIPTION This technology introduces a wireless, miniaturized, implantable catheter-type oximeter designed to offer real-time monitoring of intravascular oxygen levels for post-cardiothoracic surgery care. BACKGROUND Accurate, real-time monitoring of intravascular oxygen...

Published: 6/10/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Biomedical, Cardiology and Cardiovascular disease, Devices, Diagnostics, Medical device, Optics, Sensors, Wireless

Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT

Robotically Controlled Anterior-Segment Optical Coherence Tomography

NU 2023-078 INVENTORS Cheng Sun* Hao Zhang* Alex Huang Raymond Fang Pengpeng Zhang Tingwei Zhang SHORT DESCRIPTION A robotic visible-light optical coherence tomography (OCT) system designed for comprehensive imaging of the anterior segment of the eye, introducing novel computational alignment algorithms and a lightweight OCT sample arm for enhanced...

Published: 6/10/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): Image/Signal processing, Imaging, Medical device, Optics

Category(s): Life Sciences > Healthcare Devices, Tools & IT

Single Objective Oblique Plane Imaging System

NU 2018-182 INVENTORS Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy* Manish Kumar SHORT DESCRIPTION A novel oblique plane imaging system utilizing a reduced number of objectives to enable the use of low numerical aperture (NA) objectives, thus achieving a compact and cost-effective design while maintaining high-quality imaging performance. BACKGROUND Traditional...

Published: 6/10/2025 | Inventor(s):

Keywords(s): 3D imaging, Engineering, Imaging, Microscopy, Optics, Research tool

Category(s): Physical Sciences > Engineering & Technology

Method for Simultaneous Nonlinear Frequency Conversion and Spectro-Temporal Shaping of Lightwaves (Case No. 2024-254)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an innovative method for nonlinear frequency conversion and spectro-temporal shaping. This technique operates efficiently at high power levels and offers optical tunability, enabling a wide range of customizable applications. Background: Light frequency...

Published: 6/9/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Hao Zhang

Keywords(s): Adaptive Optics, Frequency conversion, frequency modulation, high-frequency signals, high-powered laser systems, nonlinear dynamics, Nonlinear Optics, non-linear optics, Nonlinear Optics Molecular Dynamics, Optical computing, Optics, Optoelectronics Waveguide (Electromagnetism), Phase (Waves), Quantum Computer, Waveguide, Waveguide Light

Category(s): Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Electrical, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers

Synthesis of Heteroatom Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Case No. 2019-232)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed an approach for synthesizing nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with high yield. Background: There is a widespread use of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds in small-molecule pharmaceutical intermediates. There is also a growing need...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Neil Garg, Evan Darzi, Joyann Barber

Keywords(s): Catalysts, Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Displays, Electronics & Semiconductors, Energy & Water, Optics, Photonics

Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Optics & Photonics, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation > Solar, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Chemical > Synthesis, Electrical > Displays

Summary: UCLA Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel software leveraging advanced machine learning methods to simulate and design high-power laser systems. Background: High-power laser systems are crucial to many established industries and in cutting edge research. These systems can be used in...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Jack Hirschman, Randy Lemons

Keywords(s): Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence augmentation, Artificial Neural Network, artificial-intelligent materials, efficient laser design, Electronics & Semiconductors, Electro-Optics, high-powered laser systems, Laser, lasers, Lens (Optics), linear optics, machine learning modeling, Medical artificial intelligence (AI), non-linear optics, Optical Communication , Optical computing, optical implementation, Optics, parameter sweeping, Physics simulation, precision engraving, precision welding, reverse engineered optical system, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, start to end optics design

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Electrical, Electrical > Instrumentation, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers

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