TS-074864 — Modern structural systems increasingly demand integrated sensing, actuation, and health monitoring capabilities, particularly in aerospace, automotive, and advanced manufacturing. However, current approaches rely on separately fabricated sensors that are later attached to structures, introducing r…

TS-074467 — Many emerging applications in communications, sensing, and imaging require detectors that can operate with high sensitivity at infrared wavelengths where silicon alone performs poorly. Existing infrared detector technologies often involve trade‑offs between sensitivity, noise, manufacturability,…

TS-074383 — Many advanced sensing, imaging, and optoelectronic systems rely on compound semiconductors that outperform silicon in key spectral and electronic regimes, particularly in the infrared. However, these materials are expensive and difficult to scale, while silicon remains the industry standard for hi…

TS-073809 — High-sensitivity detection in the mid-wave and long-wave infrared (MWIR/LWIR) remains constrained by detector noise, limited gain, and manufacturing challenges. While HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes can deliver excellent performance, they suffer from high cost, low yield, and limited manufacturabilit…

TS-071961 — The Need Despite near-perfect external quantum efficiency in blue InGaN LEDs, devices emitting green, amber, and longer visible wavelengths remain inefficient. This is due to internal electric fields and charge separation in conventional quantum wells, which worsen with higher indium content and wid…

TS-071747 — High-accuracy 3D depth perception is critical for autonomous systems, but current stereo camera methods falter in complex outdoor environments. While LiDAR can improve accuracy, its effectiveness plummets when using sparse data from affordable, lower-beam sensors, making high performance prohibiti…

TS-071089 — The Need Industrial high-energy lasers, commonly used in welding, metal additive manufacturing, and cutting, require precise beam profiling to optimize performance and ensure quality. However, current commercial beam profiling systems are prohibitively expensive or incompatible with high-power laser…

TS-070302 — The Need Current quantum computing technologies face significant challenges in scalability, error correction, and computational efficiency. There is a critical need for a robust, scalable quantum processor that can perform complex computations with high fidelity and low error rates, enabling advance…

TS-065398 — Emissive display technologies (e.g., OLEDs) are display technologies that emit light directly to produce images. Unlike reflective displays, which rely on external light sources, emissive displays generate light, resulting in vibrant and high-contrast visuals. These next-generation displays are used in several applications, including mobile devices, AV/VR headsets, and wearable devices.

TS-063471 — In an increasingly digital world, the demand for efficient and reliable photodetectors is paramount. These devices are critical for a variety of applications, from medical imaging to defense systems. However, traditional photodetectors often struggle with low UV-visible rejection, limiting their e…

TS-063055 — New LWIR detector combining a dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) with a semiconductor absorber for improved signal, noise, and speed performance

TS-062951 — The Need In today's fast-paced technological landscape, there is an ever-growing demand for high-performance vertical power devices with enhanced breakdown voltage capabilities, exceeding 20 kV. Meeting this commercial need requires an innovative approach to semiconductor drift layer developmen…

TS-062893 — A room temperature, ultra-high gain (M=278, λ=1550 nm, V=69.5 V, T=296 K) linear mode avalanche photodiode (APD) on an InP substrate using a GaAs0.5Sb0.5/Al0.85Ga0.15As0.56Sb0.44 separate absorption charge and multiplication (SACM) heterostructure.

TS-062847 — Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) that target a wavelength of 1550 nm have several applications ranging from optical communications to imaging to single photon detection. There is increasing interest in APDs for longer wavelengths. A distinctive feature of an APD is high sensitivity due to the gain ach…

TS-062691 — The continued push for high speed, low power, and compact solutions has given rise to the field of integrated optics/photonics, which aims to combine the high bandwidth and low loss transmission of fiber optic technology with the large device density and high production volume of modern microelect…

TS-062492 — Photonic integration is driven by demand for smaller size, lower cost, lower power consumption, easier assembly, higher reliability, and greater data density in modern photonic devices and systems. Among the many platforms, silicon photonics is particularly promising for photonic integration due t…

TS-050215 — This invention proposes that an Optical Fiber-Based Gamma-Ray Calorimeter (OFBGC) sensor array can be designed, which does not require the distinct metallic thermal masses that are a part of the Optical Fiber-Based Gamma Thermometer (OFBGT).

TS-029242 — A method for enhancing the transmission capabilities of sapphire optical fiber for use in extreme environments.

TS-015265 — Chip-scale broadband and tunable polarization rotator with low insertion loss whose purpose is to dynamically control optical polarization in photonic integrated circuits

TS-014971 — A new process to fabricate stretchable and flexible wire antennas with conductive fibers (E-fibers)