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A Low-Cost Non-invasive Fruit Ripeness Sensing System (Case No. 2025-007)

Summary: Researchers in the Department of Computer Science at UCLA developed an affordable, non-invasive fruit ripeness estimation system to improve operational efficiency of food manufacturing systems. Background: Fruit waste accounts for a significant portion of global waste due to consumer purchasing trends and grower harvesting issues. Consumers...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Omid Abari, Shanmu Wang

Keywords(s): acoustics, Agriculture, Cellular agriculture, Continuous-Wave Radar, frequency modulation, millimeter-wave, mmWave backscatter network, Radiofrequency Ablation

Category(s): Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Remote Sensing, Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Software & Algorithms > AI Algorithms

Misalignment Resilient Diffractive Optical Networks (Case No. 2020-885)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed and experimentally validated a comprehensive training scheme that greatly enhances the robustness of diffractive networks to 3D misalignments and fabrication tolerances in their physical implementation. Background: As an optical machine learning framework,...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan

Keywords(s): Optical Communication , Optical computing, optical implementation, Optical networks, optical processor

Category(s): Software & Algorithms, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing, Optics & Photonics

Doping of Thorium-229 Into High Bandgap Metal Sulfate Material (Case No. 2025-99Y)

Summary: A UCLA researcher in the Department of Physics has developed a novel method for creating high-bandgap materials doped with thorium-229, enabling the development of advanced nuclear clocks. Background: Thorium-229 is the only known isotope with a nuclear transition low enough to be measured using conventional optical techniques. The combination...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Eric Hudson

Keywords(s): Clock Signal, high-powered laser systems, Laser, laser alignment, Laser Diode, lasers

Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers, Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Electrical > Signal Processing, Electrical > Sensors, Electrical > Instrumentation, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Thermal, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Fabrication Technologies, Materials > Semiconducting Materials

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: 7/20/2026 | 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

A Radix-3 Network Architecture for Boundary-Less Hierarchical Interconnects (Case No. 2013-162)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a method for designing and implementing boundary-less hierarchical interconnect networks — switching architectures that reduce path length and routing complexity by transforming conventional hierarchical switch networks into “boundary-less” (or more flexible radix) topologies, enabling improved...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Dejan Markovic, Chengcheng Wang

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

Lithography-Based 3D Microbattery (Case No. 2015-524)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a 3D microbattery design that significantly increases energy storage for small-footprint devices. The battery uses a substrate with an array of vertical posts forming the first electrode, a conformal selectively-cured electrolyte coating, and a second electrode encasing the coated first electrode, yielding higher...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Bruce Dunn, CJ Kim, Janet Hur, Leland Smith

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Category(s): Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Optics & Photonics, Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Transmission, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage > Batteries, Energy & Environment > Energy Storage

Nanocomposite Scintillators (Case No. 2024-203)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a nanocomposite scintillator material combining high-atomic-number (high-Z) nanoparticles embedded in a plastic (polymer) matrix, with tunable nanoparticle loading, that delivers higher light output and ultrafast emission (nanosecond-scale) while maintaining low background radiation and environmental stability,...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Qibing Pei, Ziqing Han, Isabelle Winardi

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Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Electronics & Semiconductors, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy

Online Quantum Process Tomography for Orthogonal Random Unitary Channels (Case No. 2024-078)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a new method for online quantum process tomography (QPT) that efficiently characterizes orthogonal random unitary channels, extending beyond Pauli channels to capture both incoherent and coherent noise effects in quantum devices. This approach combines efficient Pauli channel tomography with an online-learning...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Prineha Narang, Scott Smart, Alexander Jurgens

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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Electrical, Electrical > Quantum Computing, Electrical > Signal Processing

Multimodal Optical and Microfluidic Tactile Sensor (Optistrain) (Case No. 2025-99P)

Summary: UCLA researchers have developed a tactile sensing technology that combines optical and microfluidic sensing to provide high spatio-temporal resolution and multi-modal feedback for applications like robotics, prosthetics, and human-machine interaction. Background: Human touch depends on a unique combination of high spatial resolution—to...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Veronica Santos, Jonathan Posner, Evan Harber, Jimmy Penaloza, Mumbi Whidby, Sung Min Kang, Andrew Bender, Ahuvah Liebman, Colin Johnson

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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Materials, Materials > Functional Materials, Mechanical, Mechanical > Sensors, Mechanical > Mechanical Systems

Method and Apparatus for Tunable Visible and Infrared Laser Generation (Case No. 2023-249)

Summary UCLA researchers have developed a versatile photonic RF waveform generator based on a silicon-nitride (Si₃N₄) chip that achieves a wide tuning range of repetition rate and generates high-quality, tunable ultrafast pulses. This system uses a fiber-amplified seed followed by a noncollinear optical parametric amplifier (NOPA) to produce signal...

Published: 7/20/2026 | Inventor(s): Sergio Carbajo, Keith Wernsing, Ying-Ying Lu

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Category(s): Electrical, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Lasers

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