Patents by Inventor James H. Scaffner

James H. Scaffner 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).

  • Vertically integrated optical phased array with pseudo-random array architecture
    Patent number: 8615028
    Abstract: A vertically integrated optical phased array has an array of a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers disposed in an aperiodic arrangement thereof, the plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers having light emitting ports disposed parallel to one another. An array of a plurality of vertical cavity phase modulators disposed in the same aperiodic arrangement as the array of the plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, with individual modulators of said array of a plurality of vertical cavity phase modulators each being disposed in optical alignment with an injection port of a corresponding one of said plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Keyvan Sayyah, James H. Scaffner, Carson R. White