Patents by Inventor Alan W. Min Lee

Alan W. Min Lee 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).

  • Real-time, continuous-wave terahertz imaging using a microbolometer focal-plane array
    Patent number: 7692147
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a terahertz (THz) imaging system that includes a source for generating radiation (e.g., a quantum cascade laser) having one or more frequencies in a range of about 0.1 THz to about 10 THz, and a two-dimensional detector array comprising a plurality of radiation detecting elements that are capable of detecting radiation in that frequency range. An optical system directs radiation from the source to an object to be imaged. The detector array detects at least a portion of the radiation transmitted through the object (or reflected by the object) so as to form a THz image of that object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Qing Hu, Alan W. Min Lee
  • Real-time, continuous-wave terahertz imaging using a microbolometer focal-plane array
    Publication number: 20080156991
    Abstract: The present invention generally provides a terahertz (THz) imaging system that includes a source for generating radiation (e.g., a quantum cascade laser) having one or more frequencies in a range of about 0.1 THz to about 10 THz, and a two-dimensional detector array comprising a plurality of radiation detecting elements that are capable of detecting radiation in that frequency range. An optical system directs radiation from the source to an object to be imaged. The detector array detects at least a portion of the radiation transmitted through the object (or reflected by the object) so as to form a THz image of that object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Qing Hu, Alan W. Min Lee