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34396 – The invention relates to an adversarial learning technique for identifying rogue RF transmitters and classifying trusted ones by designing and implementing generative adversarial nets (GAN). Understanding and analyzing the radio frequency (RF) environment have become indispensable for various autonomous wireless deployments. Machine learning techniques have become popular as they can... Read More
34398 – Researchers at the University of Central Florida have designed a single device that integrates mode demultiplexing, local oscillator power splitting, and optical 90-degree phase deconstruction using a multi-plane light converter (MPLC). As a result, the invention enables more reliable and robust coherent optical signals for communications systems. Today’s current optical front... Read More
33903 – New system enables manufacturers to reduce the cost and space needed to combine and boost the output brightness of semiconductor laser sources UCF researchers have invented a system that requires less physical space and is less expensive than other laser brightness enhancement systems. By uniquely integrating few-mode fiber and photonic lantern technologies, the new system enables the... Read More
33950 – Few-Mode Preamplified Receiver Design Improves LIDAR Performance in Autonomous Vehicles UCF researchers have developed an innovation in remote sensing technology that may help speed the large-scale deployment of LIDAR (light detection and ranging) in autonomous vehicles. With its novel few-mode (FM) preamplified receiver architecture, the new UCF LIDAR system has demonstrated a... Read More
30849 – This patent details the technique and apparatus for carrying out communications that use a radio frequency comprised of a signal and an interference component. The interference signal is generated at a control center, sent to an antenna site via fiber optics and transmitted to another control center, aircraft or ship Scientists at UCF have devised a communications system capable of... Read More
31090 – Methods, apparatus and systems for a high speed signal processing system As the amount of digital information and communication increases, timely and accurate data collection for software based evaluation and correlation becomes increasingly more difficult. The increase in difficulty arises from three main issues: the sheer volume of the data being generated, the nature of the desired... Read More
30272 – The design of an opto-electronic loop that drives a harmonic mode-locked laser to produce a beat pattern signal to act as a high precision clocking protocol in both the optical and electronic regimes. Inside of every piece of modern electronic technology lays a clock. Intended to coordinate and synchronize spatially separated operations within in a circuit or across a communications... Read More
31375 – The design for an error compensation method for optical information or imaging systems which suffer from linear and nonlinear impairments through an electronic postprocessing, back propagation method. Optical signal processing hinges on the system’s ability to compensate for the error accumulated by optical pulses as they travel through air or a waveguide apparatus, such as a fiber optic... Read More
30930 – This invention presents the first all-optical phase and polarization recovery scheme for Phase-Shift Key signals. UCF scientists have developed the first all-optical carrier phase and polarization recovery scheme for Phase-Shift Key (PSK) signals. The technique also provides a means to carry out reliable optical carrier synchronization using a phase sensitive oscillator. Coherent optical... Read More
30170 – Method and apparatus for efficient optical regeneration UCF scientists have developed a more efficient all-optical regeneration system that addresses the limitations of pre-existing inventions. It can process multiple channel communications and is capable of removing the noise from both 0 and 1 bits. The growing demand for high capacity fiber optic communication systems has led to... Read More
30901 – Novel system and method for improving optical communications using transmission polarization diversity to reduce impairments in fiber transmissions. UCF scientists have developed a novel and less costly system and device, to improve optical communication using polarization redundancy. The overall system is less complex than previous systems, since it uses simplified receivers, simple... Read More
31078 – A method for infinite impulse response (IIR) chromatic dispersion compensation in optical communications systems that employ homodyne detection, by means of digital signal postprocessing. The advent of fiber optic communications has enabled a great deal of the connectivity we enjoy in our modern age. Fiber’s ability to carry information around the world at the speed of light has placed a... Read More
31316 – This invention provides means and methods for the creation of a variable optical delay line consisting of: an input circuit with an electro-optic modulator, a digital delay module, a switchless analog delay module, and non-dispersive single mode fibers. Searching and tracking fast moving objects requires high speed and high spatial resolution radar beams. To fulfill this need phased array... Read More
30041 – Systems containing multiple transform split quantizer codebooks that will efficiently and more accurately represent data signals by measuring the extent of distortion and automatically picks which domain is better for the particular signal being transmitted or stored Vector quantization is a powerful technique used for compressing data. The term “data” can represent signals which exist in... Read More
33037 – Currently available technologies that generate a low noise 10 GHz pulse train with RF phase noise utilize optical frequency division, but as a result, suffer from stabilization and calibration difficulties. The conventional optical frequency divider is comprised of four main components: a mode-locked laser, a separate continuous wave (CW) laser, a nonlinear f-2f interferometer, and an optical... Read More
32433 – UCF researchers have developed a way to detect small pattern changes in sensed data, particularly in field monitoring applications, using auto-modulating pattern (AMP) detection. Small pattern changes are difficult to identify in the presence of substantial environmental effects that act as noise and conceal them. In some situations, such as monitoring the tilt of a retaining wall over time... Read More
32843 – Improve radar, communications, and signal intelligence with interferometer-based optoelectronic oscillator Optoelectronic oscillators (OEOs) provide a continuous, high quality factor (Q) modulated signal in order to obtain high spectral purity. OEOs are used for a variety of purposes, including a carrier wave for communications, and radar emissions. Most OEOs use an RF filter as the mode... Read More
31724 – Compensate for linear and non-linear distortion in fiber optic communication links using wavelet filtering in virtual backward propagation. Transmitting a signal over long haul optical fiber links leads to undesirable distortions, which in order for the signal to be effectively received, these distortions must be compensated for and the original signal recovered. Signal distortion results... Read More