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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:
Dec. 08, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 12, 2015
Applicant:

The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Raj R. Nadakuditi, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Stephen C. Rand, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Eric Michielssen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Curtis Jin, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/55 (2014.01); G01N 21/49 (2006.01); G01N 21/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/49 (2013.01); G01N 2021/4735 (2013.01);
Abstract

The method, system, and computer-readable medium increase transmission of waves through a highly scattering random medium. Transmission is increased by iteratively refining wavefronts using measurements of the backscatter wavefronts resulting from transmission of waves into the medium. The process of double phase conjugation by time-reversing a wavefront, transmitting the time-reversed wavefront into the medium, and time-reversing the reversing backscatter wavefront is leveraged to implement the method in a physical system using a phase conjugate mirror. In an embodiment, transmission may be increased by phase-only modulation of the wavefronts. In an embodiment, the invention may be used to focus transmission through the medium to a location opposite the wave source.


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