Solid state image wavelength converter

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2007-03-27

2007-03-27

Jackson, Jerome (Department: 2815)

Active solid-state devices (e.g., transistors, solid-state diode

Responsive to non-electrical signal

Electromagnetic or particle radiation

C257S458000, C359S248000

Reexamination Certificate

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10048962

ABSTRACT:
A method for encoding information that is encoded in spatial variations of the intensity of light (24) of a first wave-length into light of a second wavelength, the method comprising: generating a first density distribution of electrons homologous with the spatial variations in intensity of the first wavelength light; generating a second additional electron density homologous with the first electron density distribution; trapping electrons from the first and second electron density distributions in a trapping region (34) to generate an electric field homologous with the density distributions in a material (36) that modulates a characteristic of light (22) that passes therethrough responsive to an electric field (46) therein; and transmitting the second wavelength light (22) through the modulating material (36) thereby modulating the second wavelength light in response to the electric field and encoding it with the information.

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