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Intersubband Quantum Box Stack Lasers
Intersubband semiconductor lasers represent a new type of laser that emits photons when electrons within a quantum-well structure release their energy during transit from high- to low-energy states. O...
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Dan Botez | P06395US
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Background-Free Absorption Spectroscopy with Undithered Light Sources
Absorption spectroscopy is a chemical analysis tool that measures light absorption of a material over a range of frequencies. In laser absorption spectroscopy, a laser may be directed through the mate...
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Scott Sanders, Thilo Kraetschmer | P09196US
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Flexible Germanium Lateral PIN Diodes and 3-D Arrays for Photodetector Applications
Flexible single-crystalline semiconductors used in high-performance micro- and macro-electronics have been intensely studied in recent years. Thin-film transistors using single crystalline silic...
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Zhenqiang Ma, Max Lagally, Hao-Chih Yuan | P09168US
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Variable-Focus Lens Assembly
One component of lab-on-a-chip technology is on-chip microlenses for optical analysis. Prior investigators have demonstrated tiny optical lenses with variable focal lengths. These lenses use specializ...
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Hongrui Jiang, Abhishek Agarwal, Liang Dong, David Beebe | P05131US
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Robust Biological and Chemical Detection Method and Microfluidic Device with Liquid Crystal Sensing Element
Detecting chemical and biological agents at low levels is important in military applications, drug enforcement, airport security and environmental monitoring. A variety of devices and methods cu...
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Hongrui Jiang, Daming Cheng | P09136US
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Labeling Peptides with Basic Functional Groups to Improve Mass Spectrometric Analysis
Protein characterization has become an integral part of modern biology, even inspiring a new discipline known as proteomics. Mass spectrometry (MS) is the most widely used technique to characterize pr...
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Joshua Coon, Brian Frey, April Jue, Casey Krusemark, Lloyd Smith | P09157US02
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Temperature Estimation Based on a Signal Oscillation
Power converters change energy from one form to another form more suitable to a specific application. Parallel power converter modules for power sources, such as those used for computer servers, have ...
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Robert Lorenz, Anusheel Nahar | P05333US
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Nanoelectromechanical Switch in Co-Planar Waveguide
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) have been used to create mechanical resonators for switching, filtering and other purposes in electrical systems. NEMS/ME...
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Robert Blick, Hua Qin, Hyun-Seok Kim | P07084US
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Type II Quantum Well Optoelectronic Devices That Exhibit High Performance in the Mid-Infrared Region
Lasers that operate in the mid-infrared (2 to 5 micron) wavelength region are needed for a variety of applications, including laser-based radar, free-space optical links, chemical and gas sensing syst...
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Luke Mawst, Jerry Meyer, Igor Vurgaftman, Nelson Tansu | P03350US
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High Coherent Power, Two-Dimensional Surface-Emitting Semiconductor Diode Array Laser
A UW-Madison researcher previously described a high-power, single-mode, two-dimensional, semiconductor diode laser formed on a substrate with an anti-guided array of laterally spaced grating surface e...
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Dan Botez | P05334US
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Microfluidic System for High Throughput Screening
Most high throughput screening (HTS) for new chemicals is done in microtiter well plates. Reagents for HTS can be very expensive, making miniaturization of the plates desirable. Microfluidics is an al...
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David Beebe, Ivar Meyvantsson | P05284US
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Batch Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Micromechanical Probe Tips
The atomic force microscope (AFM), one of many types of scanned-proximity probe microscopes, images a sample by lightly touching it with a probe tip attached to the end of an extremely flexible leaf s...
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Daniel van der Weide, Yaqiang Wang | P05350US
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Modeless Wavelength-Agile Laser
Spectroscopic studies evaluate the response of a specimen to different colors of light. Lasers are normally used in spectroscopic studies; however, lasers typically operate in one or more cavity modes...
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Scott Sanders | P05034US
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Mechanical Force Detection of Magnetic Fields Using Heterodyne Demodulation
Although detecting high-frequency magnetic fields is important in MRI, NMR and magnetic resonance force microscopes, it is more difficult to design magnetic field sensors at high frequencies (greater ...
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Daniel van der Weide, Charles Paulson, Thomas Grist, Modhurin Banerjee | P04127US
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Super-Continuum Ultraviolet Light Source with Single Stage Laser Drive
Ultraviolet (UV) lamps are used as a source of white (multi-colored) UV light for many applications; however, these lamps are large and expensive, require a high voltage, generate a lot of heat and ma...
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Scott Sanders, Joachim Walewski | P05396US
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Electrospray Ionization Ion Source with Tunable Charge Reduction
Analysis by mass spectrometry requires that molecules first be converted to gas-phase ions. Converting small molecules into ions is straightforward; however, it was not possible to ionize large molecu...
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Lloyd Smith, Brian Frey, Michael Westphall | P05387US
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Plastic Cantilevers for Atomic Force Microscopy
The atomic force microscope (AFM), one of many types of scanned-proximity probe microscopes, images a sample by lightly touching it with a probe tip attached to the end of an extremely flexible leaf s...
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Daniel van der Weide, Andrew Stevens, Charles Paulson | P04378US
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Method of Concentrating a Sample in a Microfluidic Device
Microfluidic devices are being used in an increasing number of applications, including traditional laboratory tasks. To detect molecules in a small amount of solution, it’s often advantageous to...
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David Beebe, Glenn Walker | P02279US
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Microfluidics Platform and Method That Mimic the Cellular Environment
Most biochemical interactions are studied in solutions containing dilute concentrations of molecules. However, the complexity of the cellular environment makes it difficult to compare the results of s...
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David Beebe, Jaisree Moorthy, Richard Burgess | P04153US
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Microfluidic Device for High Resolution, In Vitro Monitoring of Neuronal Tissue
Neuroscientists often study individual neurons in brain tissue in vitro. In order to reveal the cellular mechanisms underlying neural network reconfiguration, plasticity and behavior, many neurons mus...
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Justin Williams, David Beebe, Stephen Johnson | P04200US
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Varied Monodisperse Oil or Liquid Crystal Emulsion Droplets for Improved Nanoviewing, Sensing and Biosensors
Controlled micrometer-scale oil droplets have applications in nano-materials, meso-materials, responsive materials, optical materials, filters, sensors and opto-electronic technologies. Emulsion...
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Nicholas Abbott, Frank Caruso, Jugal Gupta, Sri Sivakumar | P08136US
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Multi-Spectral Laser with Periodically Poled Crystal Mixer for Carbon Isotope Ratio Measurements
Spectrometry is an analysis technique in which certain frequencies of light, relating to the absorption lines of a chemical species, are used to determine the chemical’s properties. Some m...
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Scott Sanders | P09016US
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Microfluidic Device for Capturing and Analyzing Rare Cells, Including Circulating Tumor Cells
Circulating tumor cells (CTC) are an important area of cancer research. They could provide clinically relevant information about a patient’s prognosis. However, these cells are extre...
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David Beebe, Jay Warrick, Erwin Berthier | P100069US01
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Self-Regulating Microsystem that Integrates Silicon- and Polymer-Based MEMS Platforms
Silicon-based microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) work well for optical- and physical-sensing applications, and can be fabricated very precisely by using standard integrated circuit technology. Howe...
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Hongrui Jiang, David Beebe, Abhishek Agarwal, Francisco Atencia-Fernandez | P04358US
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Multidimensional Spectrometer
Over the last eight years, academic researchers have been developing a new set of spectroscopic techniques that are multidimensional versions of visible and infrared spectroscopies, such as two-dimens...
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Martin Zanni, Niels Damrauer | P07420US