公开(公告)号：US5249144A

公开(公告)日：1993-09-28

申请号：US414018

申请日：1989-09-29

申请人： R. Aaron Falk

发明人： R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： G06E1/04

CPC分类号： G06E1/04

摘要： A programmable optical arithmetic/logic device employs a first and second plurality of positionally encoded optical light paths. For arithmetic operations, these light paths represent residue numbers. The arithmetic/logic device includes first and second reordering units which are responsive to a third and fourth plurality of light sources serving to select one of a plurality of arithmetic or logic operations to be performed by the arithmetic/logic device. The arithmetic/logic device further employs an optical arithmetic/logic unit which is identically constructed for all of the selectable arithmetic/logic operations and which implements an optical table look-up function to obtain the desired output. Finally, the arithmetic/logic device used an output reordering device to reorder the output of the arithmetic/logic unit depending upon the originally selected arithmetic/logic operation. For arithmetic operations, the final output is provided as an output residue number representation.

摘要翻译： 可编程光学算术/逻辑器件采用第一和第二多个位置编码的光学光路。 对于算术运算，这些光路表示残留数。 算术/逻辑器件包括响应于第三和第四多个光源的第一和第二重排序单元，其用于选择由算术/逻辑器件执行的多个算术或逻辑运算中的一个。 算术/逻辑器件还采用光学运算/逻辑单元，其对于所有可选择的算术/逻辑运算相同地构成，并且实现光学表查找功能以获得期望的输出。 最后，算术/逻辑装置使用输出重排序装置根据最初选择的算术/逻辑运算重新排序算术/逻辑单元的输出。 对于算术运算，最终输出作为输出残差数表示。

公开(公告)号：US5150182A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-22

申请号：US203726

申请日：1988-06-07

申请人： C. David Capps ,  R. Aaron Falk

发明人： C. David Capps ,  R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： G11C11/412 ,  G11C11/42 ,  H01L21/66 ,  H01L31/0232 ,  H01L31/112

CPC分类号： H01L31/0232 ,  G11C11/412 ,  G11C11/42 ,  H01L31/1126

摘要： A semiconductor device is disclosed in which a long interaction path length is provided for a non-invasive probe beam. In a preferred embodiment, mirror surfaces are etched in the surface of the semiconductor substrate which are used to reflect the probe beam along the longest dimension of a charge carrier region of the semiconductor device. Interaction between the probe beam and the charge carriers present in the region is thereby enhanced.

公开(公告)号：US4947170A

公开(公告)日：1990-08-07

申请号：US209933

申请日：1988-06-22

申请人： R. Aaron Falk

发明人： R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： G02F7/00

CPC分类号： G02F7/00

摘要： A fully optical A/D converter is disclosed in which the difference in light intensity from two outputs of a two-arm interferometer in each channel is detected. The difference in light intensity is varied in accordance with a phase shift in the light passing through one arm of the interferometer. The phase shift is accomplished by the use of a non-linear optical material, the optical properties of which are altered based on the characteristics of an input optical signal to be digitized. Thus, the difference in light intensity corresponds to the magnitude of the input optical signal.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种全光学A / D转换器，其中检测每个通道中双臂干涉仪的两个输出的光强差。 光强度的差别根据通过干涉仪的一个臂的光的相移而变化。 通过使用非线性光学材料来实现相移，该非线性光学材料的光学特性根据要被数字化的输入光信号的特性而改变。 因此，光强度的差异对应于输入光信号的幅度。

公开(公告)号：US4940302A

公开(公告)日：1990-07-10

申请号：US322532

申请日：1989-03-13

申请人： Theodore L. Houk ,  R. Aaron Falk

发明人： Theodore L. Houk ,  R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： G02B6/134

CPC分类号： G02B6/1345

摘要： A technique for producing an integrated optics waveguide having a large index of refraction difference with respect to an otherwise similar waveguide that does not utilize the invention. A proton exchange region is formed in a lithium niobate substrate, and a titanium waveguide is formed in the substrate within the proton exchange region. The dimensions of the waveguide and proton exchange region are selected such that substantially all of the field of the lowest guided mode of the waveguide is contained within the proton exchange region. By utilizing such a waveguide as one arm of an interferometer formed in the substrate, a large optical path length difference between the interferometer arms may be created.

摘要翻译： 一种用于制造相对于不使用本发明的另外类似的波导具有大的折射率差的集成光学波导的技术。 在铌酸锂衬底中形成质子交换区，并且在质子交换区内的衬底中形成钛波导。 选择波导和质子交换区域的尺寸使得波导的最低引导模式的基本上所有的场都包含在质子交换区域内。 通过利用形成在衬底中的干涉仪的一个臂的这种波导，可以产生干涉仪臂之间的大的光程差。

公开(公告)号：US4860279A

公开(公告)日：1989-08-22

申请号：US278613

申请日：1988-11-30

申请人： R. Aaron Falk ,  Jeffrey O. Coleman

发明人： R. Aaron Falk ,  Jeffrey O. Coleman

IPC分类号： H04J14/00 ,  H04J14/08

CPC分类号： H04J14/08 ,  H04J14/002

摘要： A coherence multiplexed optical signal transmission system in which modulation is introduced into the system by modulating the optical carrier or source signal, rather than by modulating the optical path length of an interferometer arm. The system comprises a transmitter and receiver interconnected by an optical bus. The transmitter comprises a plurality of transmitter interferometers, each transmitter interferometer including a modulated optical source. The transmitter interferometers have optical path length differences that are greater than the coherence length of the associated source, and that differ from one another by an amount greater than the source coherence length. The receiver comprises a plurality of receiver interferometers having path length differences matching those of the transmitter interferometers. Multiplexing and demultiplexing means are provided for coupling optical radiation between the bus and the interferometers. A detection system is provided that includes an output terminal associated with each receiver interferometer. For each receiver interferometer, an output signal is produced at the associated output terminal when the optical radiation coupled into the receiver interferometer includes a component that has passed through a transmitter interferometer having an output path length difference equal to the optical path length difference of the receiver interferometer, to within the coherence length of the associated source.

摘要翻译： 一种相干复用光信号传输系统，其中通过调制光载波或源信号而不是通过调制干涉仪臂的光路长度将调制引入系统。 该系统包括通过光学总线互连的发射机和接收机。 发射机包括多个发射机干涉仪，每个发射机干涉仪包括调制光源。 发射机干涉仪具有大于相关源的相干长度的光程长度差，并且彼此相差大于源相干长度的量。 接收机包括具有与发射机干涉仪相匹配的路径长度差异的多个接收机干涉仪。 提供多路复用和解复用装置用于在总线和干涉仪之间耦合光辐射。 提供一种检测系统，其包括与每个接收机干涉仪相关联的输出端子。 对于每个接收干涉仪，当耦合到接收机干涉仪中的光辐射包括通过具有等于接收机的光程长度差的输出路径长度差的发射机干涉仪的分量时，在相关联的输出端产生输出信号 干涉仪，在相关源的相干长度内。

公开(公告)号：US20070281377A1

公开(公告)日：2007-12-06

申请号：US11757149

申请日：2007-06-01

申请人： R. Aaron Falk

发明人： R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： H01L21/00

CPC分类号： G02B3/14 ,  G02B26/0833

摘要： A large, thin, variable focus lens that would be practical in a variety of applications, such as eyeglasses. An example of the present invention is a surface that can be deformed to a desirable shape in a simple, controllable fashion. In particular, a surface shape with desirable optical properties is achievable. The surface has the ability to produce a reflective or refractive surface with a variable optical power.

摘要翻译： 一种大而薄的可变焦距透镜，可用于各种应用中，例如眼镜。 本发明的一个例子是可以以简单，可控的方式变形成期望形状的表面。 特别地，可以实现具有期望的光学特性的表面形状。 该表面具有产生具有可变光焦度的反射或折射表面的能力。

公开(公告)号：US5850255A

公开(公告)日：1998-12-15

申请号：US733257

申请日：1996-10-18

申请人： R. Aaron Falk

发明人： R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： G01N21/21 ,  H04N5/30

CPC分类号： G01N21/21

摘要： An optical beam (2) passes through a polarizer (10), a target (24), an analyzer (20) and onto a camera (22) where a plurality of images are formed. The images are digitized by a frame grabber (30) and processed by a general purpose computer (32) to form electric field images of the target.

摘要翻译： 光束（2）穿过偏振器（10），目标（24），分析器（20）并到达形成多个图像的相机（22）上。 图像被帧抓取器（30）数字化，并由通用计算机（32）处理以形成目标的电场图像。

公开(公告)号：US5323472A

公开(公告)日：1994-06-21

申请号：US17408

申请日：1993-02-11

申请人： R. Aaron Falk

发明人： R. Aaron Falk

IPC分类号： G06E3/00 ,  G06K9/74

CPC分类号： G06K9/74 ,  G06E3/005

摘要： An apparatus and method for image analysis utilizing an optical-electronic hybrid device. A light source generates light through an alternating series of lenses and electronically addressable spatial light modulators to an optical correlation plane. A first modulator introduces an input image and a second modulator introduces a Fourier transformed reference image into the device. The device correlates the input image and the reference image in the optical correlation plane. The optical correlation plane feeds back information through a processor to the second modulator which varies a parameter of the reference image. The second modulator varies parameters to determine the greatest correlation between the input image and the reference image. The parameters at the point of greatest correlation are used together with the reference image to identify the input image.

摘要翻译： 一种利用光电子混合装置进行图像分析的装置和方法。 光源通过交替的透镜系列和电子可寻址的空间光调制器产生光到光学相关平面。 第一调制器引入输入图像，第二调制器将傅里叶变换的参考图像引入到设备中。 该装置将光学相关平面中的输入图像和参考图像相关。 光学相关平面通过处理器将信息反馈到第二调制器，其改变参考图像的参数。 第二调制器改变参数以确定输入图像和参考图像之间的最大相关性。 最大相关点的参数与参考图像一起使用以识别输入图像。

公开(公告)号：US5045681A

公开(公告)日：1991-09-03

申请号：US414006

申请日：1989-09-29

申请人： Steven E. Elrod ,  R. Aaron Falk ,  Keith H. Hill

发明人： Steven E. Elrod ,  R. Aaron Falk ,  Keith H. Hill

IPC分类号： G06E1/04 ,  G06F7/50 ,  G06F7/503

CPC分类号： G06F7/503 ,  G06E1/04 ,  G06F7/5016 ,  G06F2207/4816

摘要： The invention comprises a semiconductor substrate with a plurality of photoconductive elements. The photoconductive elements are connected to form a combinational logic ripple carry adder having only AND and OR logic gates. An optic substrate overlies the semiconductor substrate and directs light representing logic parameters onto the logic gates. The ripple carry adder has complementary inputs and complementary outputs to enable the use of only AND and OR gates.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括具有多个光电导元件的半导体衬底。 光电导元件连接形成仅具有与和逻辑门的组合逻辑纹波进位加法器。 光学基片覆盖在半导体衬底上，并将代表逻辑参数的光引导到逻辑门上。 纹波进位加法器具有互补输入和互补输出，以仅使用AND和OR门。

公开(公告)号：US5033016A

公开(公告)日：1991-07-16

申请号：US488898

申请日：1990-03-06

申请人： R. Aaron Falk ,  Theodore L. Houk

发明人： R. Aaron Falk ,  Theodore L. Houk

IPC分类号： G06E1/06

CPC分类号： G06E1/065

摘要： An optical computer arithmetic/logic unit using coherence multiplexing. A optical signal input into the device is distributed down two input channels. Each input channel contains different length optical fibers, or delay lines. To perform an operation, one delay line signal from each channel is selected. The two signals with their respective delays are multiplexed into output detectors which determine from optical interference the difference between the delay line lengths. The input from each channel coupled with the detected output can be set to perform residue arithmetic, or Boolean logic.

摘要翻译： 一种使用相干多路复用的光学计算机算术/逻辑单元。 输入到设备中的光信号分布在两个输入通道上。 每个输入通道包含不同长度的光纤或延迟线。 为了执行一个操作，选择来自每个通道的一个延迟线信号。 具有它们各自的延迟的两个信号被复用到输出检测器中，其由光学干涉确定延迟线长度之间的差。 来自每个通道的输入与检测到的输出耦合可以被设置为执行残差算术或布尔逻辑。