Engineering

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Microdischarge Photodetectors

 

This invention allows for the production of a family of photodetectors that are sensitive in the ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared regions of the spectrum....

Atomic Lasers with Excimer (Exciplex)-Assisted Absorption

 

The invention provides in one of the embodiments for either a continuous wave (cw) or pulsed alkali laser having an optical cavity resonant at a wavelength defined...

Hybrid Plasma-Semiconductor Transistors

 

Plasma-based electronic devices assumed a significant role in communications and display systems in the first half of the 20th century. One example is the plasma...

Four Level Laser Pumping Method

 

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new laser pumping method which provides efficient and continuous high power (>10W) lasers in the...

Direct Nanoscale Patterning of Metals Using Polymer Electrolytes

 

Electrochemical fabrication platforms for making structures, arrays of structures and functional devices having selected nanosized and/or microsized physical...

Light Emitting Transistor and Laser

 

This invention is the world's first light emitting transistor. The HBLET extends the capabilities of light-emitting diodes and could make this transistor the...

Light Emitting Transistor and Laser

 

This invention is the world's first light emitting transistor. The HBLET extends the capabilities of light-emitting diodes and could make this transistor the...

Improved Quantum Well Transistor Laser

 

Researchers at the University of Illinois have improved the performance of a Quantum Well Transistor and Laser. Their invention helps improve the performance of...

High Precision Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) MEMS Parallel Kinematics Stages

 

MEMS stages comprising a plurality of comb drive actuators provide micro and up to nano-positioning capability. Flexure hinges and folded springs that operably...

Temperature Jump Dynamics Microscope

 

An apparatus and methods for characterizing the response of a particle to a parameter that characterizes an environment of the particle. A change is induced in the...

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