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Optical Generative Models (Case No. 2025-067)

Summary: Researchers in the UCLA Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an optics-based system to rapidly generate synthetic images. Background: Generative AI models that create synthetic images, human-like natural language processing capabilities, and even new protein designs are critical for a diverse array of applications....

Published: 10/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Shiqi Chen

Keywords(s): Adaptive Optics, all-optical diffractive computing, Electro-Optics, Optical Coherence , Optical computing, Optical Generative Models, Optics

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Optics & Photonics, Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Imaging, Electrical > Visual Computing

Monitoring Structural Health Using Diffractive Optical Processors (Case No. 2025-201)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel structural health monitoring system that is highly accurate and cost effective, addressing limitations in current infrastructure and civil health monitoring and a rise in public safety concerns. Background: The need for structural health monitoring...

Published: 10/24/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Ertugrul Taciroglu, Yuntian Wang, Yuhang Li

Keywords(s): 3D structures, Adaptive Optics, AI-generated images and content, all-optical diffractive computing, all-optical transformation, analog computing, analog optical computing, Analogue Electronics, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence algorithms, artificial intelligence augmentation, artificial intelligence/machine learning models, artificial-intelligent materials, civil engineering, civil infrastructure, civil monitoring, computational imaging, computational imaging task, Construction, deep diffractive network, Diffraction, diffractive design, diffractive image reconstruction, diffractive network, diffractive processor, diffractive surface, digital image reconstruction, electromagnetic spectrum, Electro-Optics, Image Analysis, Image Processing, Image Resolution, image restoration, image signal processing, Imaging, Infrastructure, Lens (Optics), linear optics, Nanostructure, optical processor, optically-guided structural monitoring, Optics, passive light-matter interactions, security imaging, Signal Reconstruction, Structural health monitoring, structural health monitoring (SHM), structure monitoring, Structures

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Imaging, Materials, Materials > Construction Materials, Electrical > Visual Computing, Electrical > Computing Hardware, Electrical > Instrumentation, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Software & Algorithms > Programs

Method and Apparatus for Dual-Comb Sensing With Carrier Envelope Phase Stabilized Frequency Comb (Case No. 2025-073)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Electrical and Computer Engineering Department have developed a groundbreaking method to stabilize carrier envelope phase (CEP) shifts, achieving record-low phase noise and ultraprecise frequency detection. Background: Frequency combs enable highly precise optical frequency measurements critical for applications...

Published: 6/27/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Mirali Seyed Shariatdoust

Keywords(s): Frequency conversion, high-frequency signals, Laser, lasers, Optical Communication , optical transmission, Optics, quantum communication, Quantum Computer, quantum processing, Radio Frequency, radiofrequency signaling, RF signal, Signal Processing, Signal-To-Noise Ratio

Category(s): Electrical > Signal Processing, Optics & Photonics > Lasers, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy, Electrical > Quantum Computing

Method for Simultaneous Nonlinear Frequency Conversion and Spectro-Temporal Shaping of Lightwaves (Case No. 2024-254)

Summary: Researchers in UCLA’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an innovative method for nonlinear frequency conversion and spectro-temporal shaping. This technique operates efficiently at high power levels and offers optical tunability, enabling a wide range of customizable applications. Background: Light frequency...

Published: 8/1/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Hao Zhang

Keywords(s): Adaptive Optics, Frequency conversion, frequency modulation, high-frequency signals, high-powered laser systems, nonlinear dynamics, Nonlinear Optics, non-linear optics, Nonlinear Optics Molecular Dynamics, Optical computing, Optics, Optoelectronics Waveguide (Electromagnetism), Phase (Waves), Quantum Computer, Waveguide, Waveguide Light

Category(s): Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Electrical, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers

Synthesis of Heteroatom Containing Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Case No. 2019-232)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry have developed an approach for synthesizing nitrogen-containing polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with high yield. Background: There is a widespread use of nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compounds in small-molecule pharmaceutical intermediates. There is also a growing need...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Neil Garg, Evan Darzi, Joyann Barber

Keywords(s): Catalysts, Chemical Manufacturing & Industrial/Bulk Chemicals, Displays, Electronics & Semiconductors, Energy & Water, Optics, Photonics

Category(s): Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Optics & Photonics, Materials > Semiconducting Materials, Energy & Environment > Energy Generation > Solar, Chemical > Industrial & Bulk Chemicals, Chemical > Synthesis, Electrical > Displays

Summary: UCLA Researchers from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a novel software leveraging advanced machine learning methods to simulate and design high-power laser systems. Background: High-power laser systems are crucial to many established industries and in cutting edge research. These systems can be used in...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Jack Hirschman, Randy Lemons

Keywords(s): Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial intelligence augmentation, Artificial Neural Network, artificial-intelligent materials, efficient laser design, Electronics & Semiconductors, Electro-Optics, high-powered laser systems, Laser, lasers, Lens (Optics), linear optics, machine learning modeling, Medical artificial intelligence (AI), non-linear optics, Optical Communication , Optical computing, optical implementation, Optics, parameter sweeping, Physics simulation, precision engraving, precision welding, reverse engineered optical system, Semiconductor, Semiconductor Device, Semiconductor Device Fabrication, start to end optics design

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Electrical, Electrical > Instrumentation, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers

Dual-Stage On-Chip Optical-To-Microwave Low-Noise Synthesizer (Case No. 2022-059)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed the Dual-Stage On-Chip Optical-To-Microwave Low-Noise Synthesizer, which achieves exceptional phase-noise performance by combining optical and microwave components and is poised to improve telecommunications efficiencies. Background: The field of low-noise...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Chee Wei Wong, Abhinav Kumar Vinod

Keywords(s): Electronics & Semiconductors, Microwave, Optics, Photonics, Semiconductor, Signal Processing, Signal-To-Noise Ratio, Wireless

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Wireless, Optics & Photonics

2022-230 Polarization Multiplexed Diffractive Computing: All-Optical Implementation of a Group of Linear Transformations Through a Polarization-Encoded Diffractive Network

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an all-optical diffractive network that can find applications in machine learning-related vision tasks and all-optical computing systems. Background: Optical computing is a gateway to the future, as it can revolutionize computation by making classically...

Published: 7/17/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Jingxi Li

Keywords(s): Advanced Computing / AI, all-optical diffractive computing, all-optical transformation, Artifical Intelligence (Machine Learning, Data Mining), Artificial Intelligence, artificial-intelligent materials, classification, Deep Learning, diffractive network, diffractive processor, Electrical, Electrical Engineering, Internet of Things (IoT), Machine Vision, machine vision task, multiplexing, Optical Coherence , Optical Communication , Optical Fiber Copper Wire And Cable, Optical Microscope, Optics, polarization multiplexed diffractive processor, polarization multiplexing, polarization-based machine vision tasks, polarization-encoded diffractive network

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Instrumentation, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics, Optics & Photonics, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

2022-286 Optical Pulse Temporal Shaping Through Nonlinear Mixing

Summary: UCLA Researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an innovative technique that can tailor spectral-temporal optical pulses for electron sources, advanced spectroscopic techniques, material processing, and proton-based cancer therapies. Background: Optical laser pulses with short wavelength and picosecond...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Randy Lemons, Charles Durfee

Keywords(s): Adaptive Optics, bunch length, conversion efficiency photoelectric, Dispersion (Optics), electron emittance, Electro-Optics, Focus (Optics), gaussian pulses, Infrared Electromagnetic Spectrum Dispersion (Optics), Lens (Optics), Nonlinear Optics, Nonlinear Optics Molecular Dynamics, Optics, Optics Parabolic Reflector Curved Mirror, Photoinjector, Prism (Optics), temporal shaping, upconvert

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Instrumentation, Software & Algorithms, Optics & Photonics, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors

2022-174 Diffractive All-Optical Computing for Quantitative Phase Imaging

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed an all-optical quantitative phase imaging (QPI) method that could replace traditionally burdensome and power-inefficient computational image processing networks and improve current limitations in biological imaging. Background: The application of...

Published: 2/14/2025 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Deniz Mengu

Keywords(s): Diffraction Tomography, Digital Holography, Digital immunohistology, Electron Holography, Fluorescence Microscope, Histology, Holography, Immunohistochemistry, Immunology, Lighting and Illumination, on-chip microscopy, Optics, Photonics, quantitative phase imaging (QPI)

Category(s): Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Life Science Research Tools > Microscopy And Imaging, Electrical, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Imaging, Medical Devices > Medical Imaging, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Microscopy, Optics & Photonics > Holography

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