Patents by Inventor Chris J. Fredricksen

Chris J. Fredricksen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6580733
    Abstract: Analog pulse position modulation of pulsed emission from a laser, which is actively and harmonically mode-locked. The laser requires: a body of an active gain medium; means for changing the gain as a function of a controllable parameter; harmonically and actively mode-locking the laser by fast periodic changes of said parameter; and superimposing slower changes on the parameter whereby the fast periodic parameter changes can be continuously shifted between the peak and the shoulder of the gain-vs-parameter curve. As proof of concept, electric control of the separation between two interleaved pulse trains from a far-infrared (1.5-4 THz) p-Ge laser, which is actively mode-locked by rf gain modulation at the second harmonic of the roundtrip frequency, is demonstrated by changing the electric bias at the rf contacts. A suggested application is telemetry using analog pulse position modulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: University of Central Florida
    Inventors: Robert E. Peale, Andrei V. Muravjov, Remco C. Strijbos, Chris J. Fredricksen, Sandra H. Withers