| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6470109 |
Determining waveguide positions and angles for efficient reflective coupling |
October 22, 2002 |
| An efficient optical coupling arrangement of waveguides is achieved by providing compensation for the Goos-Hanchen effect along a total internal reflection interface. In one embodiment, the lateral shift of reflected light along the interface is calculated in order to determine a distanc |
| 6377873 |
Method for determining optimum pressure for forming a bubble in liquid |
April 23, 2002 |
| A method for determining the optimum ambient pressure at which to form a bubble in a liquid. Forming a bubble in a liquid has application in a variety of applications in which a bubble is formed in a liquid. Determining the optimum ambient pressure minimizes the amount of energy requ |
| 6320994 |
Total internal reflection optical switch |
November 20, 2001 |
| An optical switch that is constructed on a substrate having first and second waveguides that intersect at a gap having a predetermined width. The first and second waveguides are positioned such that light traversing the first waveguide enters the second waveguide when the gap is filled |
| 6110682 |
Signal enhancement method and kit |
August 29, 2000 |
| The invention discloses and claims a signal amplification method for detecting a target nucleic acid analyte having a homopolymeric region and a target sequence. The method comprises (a) contacting an analyte under hybridizing conditions with a multiplicity of reporter probes, each probe |
| 6103474 |
Hybridization assay signal enhancement |
August 15, 2000 |
| A signal amplification method for detecting a target nucleic acid analyte having a homopolymeric region and a target sequence includes steps of: contacting an analyte under hybridizing conditions with a multiplicity of reporter probes, each reporter probe including a signal region and an |
| 5853993 |
Signal enhancement method and kit |
December 29, 1998 |
| The invention discloses and claims a signal amplification method for detecting a target nucleic acid analyte having a homopolymeric region and a target sequence. The method comprises (a) contacting an analyte under hybridizing conditions with a multiplicity of reporter probes, each probe |
| 5763870 |
Method and system for operating a laser device employing an integral power-regulation sensor |
June 9, 1998 |
| A method and system of operating a laser device includes utilizing an integral power-regulation sensor of the laser device to detect energy back reflected from an object of interest and then using the detected signal as a basis for determining a characteristic related to the object of |
| 5721435 |
Methods and apparatus for measuring optical properties of biological and chemical substances |
February 24, 1998 |
| An optical measurement system includes a test surface having disposed thereon a plurality reference markings and a plurality of test spots containing chemical and biological substances. Molecules of interest contained in the chemical and biological substances are tagged with opticall |
| 5198912 |
Volume phase hologram with liquid crystal in microvoids between fringes |
March 30, 1993 |
| Composite holograms are disclosed wherein microvoids between the holographic interference fringes are filled with a liquid crystal. The diffraction efficiency and other holographic properties of such composite holograms may be varied by external stimuli, e.g., application of an elect |
| 4970129 |
Holograms |
November 13, 1990 |
| Volume phase holograms and other holographic elements are disclosed which include microscopic areas of a material having an index of refraction different from that of the holographic fringes. |
