Self-packaged optical interference display device having anti-stiction bumps, integral micro-lens, and reflection-absorbing layers

A Piehl, JR Przybyla, AL Ghozeil, ET Martin - US Patent 7,370,185, 2008 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND Nearly all conventional displays are active in nature. This means that power
must continually be Supplied to the displays for them to maintain the images they are …

Method and system implementing spatially modulated excitation or emission for particle characterization with enhanced sensitivity

M Bassler, P Kiesel, O Schmidt, NM Johnson - US Patent 9,638,637, 2017 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method and system for using spatially modulated excita tion/emission
and relative movement between a particle (cell, molecule, aerosol,...) and an …

Method and apparatus for locking a laser with a resonant cavity

A Kachanov, S Koulikov - US Patent 8,539,816, 2013 - Google Patents
A system for locking a laser with a resonant optical cavity includes a laser that emits a laser
beam, a resonant optical cavity having at least two cavity mirrors, one of which is a cavity …

Analyzers with time variation based on color-coded spatial modulation

J Martini, P Kiesel, M Huck, MW Bern… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
2011-05-20 Assigned to PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED
reassignment PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER INCORPORATED ASSIGNMENT OF …

Distinguishing objects

P Kiesel, O Schmidt, M Bassler - US Patent 7,817,276, 2010 - Google Patents
(51) Int. Cl.(57) ABSTRACT GOIN 2/55(2006.01) GOIN 2L/00(2006.01) While objects travel
through an optical cavity, the cavity G0IB 9/02(2006.01) provides output light that is affected …

Tuning optical cavities

P Kiesel, O Schmidt, M Bassler, U Srinivasan - US Patent 7,817,281, 2010 - Google Patents
6,747,775 B2 6, 2004 Little 6,747,784 B2 6, 2004 Little et al. 6,809,865 B2 10/2004 Chen
6,822,798 B2 11/2004 Wu et al. 6,865,198 B2 3/2005 Taubman 6,867,868 B1 3/2005 …

Transmitting light with lateral variation

P Kiesel, O Schmidt - US Patent 8,437,582, 2013 - Google Patents
Input light, such as from an optical sensor or stimulus-Wave length converter, includes one
or more light or dark sub bands. The input light is transmitted, such as through a trans …

Method for the precise measurement of the wavelength of light

A Kachanov, S Tan, B Paldus - US Patent 7,259,856, 2007 - Google Patents
Improved cavity ring doWn spectroscopy is provided by binning decay time vs. Wavelength
data into Wavelength bins de? ned by discontinuities in a Wavelength monitor signal …

Tunable quantum cascade lasers and photoacoustic detection of trace gases, TNT, TATP and precursors acetone and hydrogen peroxide

CKN Patel, I Dunayevskiy, M Prasanna, RC Go… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
Methods and apparatus for broad tuning of single wavelength quantum cascade lasers and
the use of light output from Such lasers for highly sensitive detection of trace gases Such as …

Micro-optical cavity with fluidic transport chip for bioparticle analysis

PL Gourley - US Patent 9,063,117, 2015 - Google Patents
This invention provides new methods and apparatus for rap idly analyzing single
bioparticles to assess their material con dition and health status. The methods are enabled …