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Wavelength-Multiplexed Massively Parallel Diffractive Optical Information Storage, Image Projection and Beam Steering (Case No. 2026-058)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have developed a wavelength-multiplexed, massively parallel diffractive optical system for high-density information storage, image projection, and programmable beam steering with high-fidelity reconstruction and minimal crosstalk. Background: The growing demands of...

Published: 8/6/2026 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Yuhang Li, Che-Yung Shen, Cagatay Isil

Keywords(s): all-optical diffractive computing, beam shaping, Data Analytics, data security, Dielectric, diffractive design, diffractive image reconstruction, digital image reconstruction, Image Processing, Image Resolution, image restoration, information storage, large-scale parallelization, Optical Communication , optical implementation, optical transmission, parallel processing, scalable platform, Signal Reconstruction, Wavelength

Category(s): Electrical, Electrical > Displays, Electrical > Imaging, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Holography, Software & Algorithms > Data Analytics, Software & Algorithms > Image Processing

Spectral Kernel Machines With Electrically Tunable Photodetectors (Case No. 2025-105)

Summary: Spectral machine vision traditionally acquires dense 3D hypercubes (x, y, λ) of spatial and spectral information, which must be processed downstream. This imposes major computational burdens, tradeoffs in spatial/spectral resolution, frame rate, and power. The innovation embodied in spectral kernel machines (SKM) is a photodetector...

Published: 7/23/2026 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Yuhang Li, Dehui Zhang, Ali Javey

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Category(s): Optics & Photonics, Materials, Materials > Nanotechnology, Materials > Functional Materials

A Device for the Direct Measurement of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence in the Far-Red Spectral Range (SIF-SBR) (Case No. 2024-183)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences have developed a novel and compact device for direct, real-time measurement of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence, enabling accurate monitoring of plant photosynthetic activity without complex calibration or spectral retrieval procedures. Background: Accurate monitoring...

Published: 10/5/2026 | Inventor(s): Jochen Stutz, Jonas Kuhn

Keywords(s): Agricultural & plant biology research, Agriculture, Chemical, concentrated solar radiation, Ecosystem monitoring, Fluorescence, low-power architecture, low-power device, low-power sensor, operating range, Photon, photosynthetic activity, photosynthetic monitoring, Plant fluorescence, Plant proximal remote sensing, Precision Agriculture, Proximal remote sensing, real-time, real-time sensing/monitoring/tracking, Signal Processing, Signal-To-Noise Ratio, Solar Energy, spectral density

Category(s): Energy & Environment, Energy & Environment > Energy Efficiency, Energy & Environment > Carbon Capture, Energy & Environment > Water Monitoring & Treatment, Life Science Research Tools, Life Science Research Tools > Research Methods, Optics & Photonics, Optics & Photonics > Remote Sensing, Optics & Photonics > Spectroscopy, Life Science Research Tools > Field Equipment

Deep Learning-Enhanced Dual-Mode Multiplexed Optical Sensor for Point-Of-Care Diagnostics of Cardiovascular Diseases (Case No. 2026-178)

Summary: UCLA researchers in the Departments of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering have developed a deep-learning-enhanced multiplexed optical biosensing platform that enables rapid, high sensitivity point-of-care quantification of multiple cardiac biomarkers for cardiovascular diagnostics. Background: Rapid and accessible cardiac...

Published: 7/23/2026 | Inventor(s): Aydogan Ozcan, Dino Di Carlo, Gyeo-Re Han, Artem Goncharov, Merve Eryilmaz

Keywords(s): Biomarker, biomarkers, Cardiovascular, Cardiovascular Disease, cardiovascular diseases, cardiovascular monitoring, cardiovascular therapeutic solution, Deep Learning, Deep learning-based sensing, deep neural networks (DNN), neural network, neural networks, Optics, Point Of Care, point-of-care, point-of-care testing

Category(s): Electrical, Optics & Photonics, Diagnostic Markers, Medical Devices > Cardiac, Medical Devices

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

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