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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 22, 2005
Applicants:

Rainer Martini, Hoboken, NJ (US);

Patrick E. White, Bernardsville, NJ (US);

Igor Alexandrov, New York, NY (US);

Inventors:

Rainer Martini, Hoboken, NJ (US);

Patrick E. White, Bernardsville, NJ (US);

Igor Alexandrov, New York, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An apparatus for detecting images in a first selected bandwidth includes a probe light source to generate a probe beam in a second selected bandwidth, an optical path including input imaging optics to capture an image in the first selected bandwidth and form an image beam and a beam combiner to optically combine the probe beam with the image beam to form a combined beam, and an optical readout quantum well device in the optical path of the combined beam, which simultaneously passes in an optical readout beam an intensity level of at least one wavelength within the probe beam in the second selected bandwidth in proportion to an intensity level of at least one wavelength within the image beam in the first selected bandwidth; and a detector sensitive to light in the second selected bandwidth and not sensitive to light in the first selected bandwidth.


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