Inventor
O'MEARA THOMAS R
43 patents
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HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO
35 patentsUS5585921ADec 17, 1996
Laser-ultrasonic non-destructive, non-contacting inspection system
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO119 citations97
US5151814ASep 29, 1992
Phased array for optical beam control
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO101 citations96
US5090795AFeb 25, 1992
Integrated adaptive optics apparatus
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO78 citations96
US4937539AJun 26, 1990
Phased array for optical beam control
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO74 citations96
US4757268AJul 12, 1988
Energy scalable laser amplifier
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO108 citations95
US5126876AJun 30, 1992
Master oscillator power amplifier with interference isolated oscillator
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO35 citations93
US4906092AMar 6, 1990
Range doppler self-referencing imaging system
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO30 citations93
US4102572AJul 25, 1978
Dual-wavelength coherent optical adaptive systems
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO44 citations93
US5717516AFeb 10, 1998
Hybrid laser power combining and beam cleanup system using nonlinear and adaptive optical wavefront compensation
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO45 citations92
US5684592ANov 4, 1997
System and method for detecting ultrasound using time-delay interferometry
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO48 citations92
US5546187AAug 13, 1996
Self-referencing laser-based ultrasonic wave receiver
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO47 citations92
US4871232AOct 3, 1989
Method and apparatus for ultra high frequency spectrum analysis
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO30 citations92
US5396364AMar 7, 1995
Continuously operated spatial light modulator apparatus and method for adaptive optics
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO26 citations91
US5051571ASep 24, 1991
Cascaded adaptive optics system
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO23 citations91
US4854677AAug 8, 1989
Interferometric/feedback spatial light modulation system and method
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO19 citations82
US4833314AMay 23, 1989
Variable phase stop for use in interferometers
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO20 citations82
US4129775ADec 12, 1978
Glint capture system for improving lock stability of coat
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO30 citations82
US4016415AApr 5, 1977
Adaptive imaging telescope with linear sensing and movable mirror phase shifting
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO22 citations82
US3967899AJul 6, 1976
Method and apparatus for maintaining far field spatial coherency in electromagnetic transmitting systems
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO30 citations82
US5113282AMay 12, 1992
Dual light valve system with selective decoupling of light valves
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO12 citations74
US5088808AFeb 18, 1992
Range Doppler self-referencing imaging system
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO8 citations74
US4902980AFeb 20, 1990
Master-oscillator power-amplifier laser system
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO12 citations74
US4874223AOct 17, 1989
Optical notch filter for discriminating against coherent radiation
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO7 citations74
US4802176AJan 31, 1989
Double moving grating laser
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO17 citations74
US4736382AApr 5, 1988
Acousto-optical laser isolator
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO18 citations74
US4642582AFeb 10, 1987
Nonlinear delay line encoding/decoding arrangements
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO9 citations74
US4068234AJan 10, 1978
Frequency scanned illumination imaging array
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO19 citations74
US4011445AMar 8, 1977
Optical array active radar imaging technique
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO17 citations74
US3988608AOct 26, 1976
Adaptive imaging telescope with nonlinear sensing and electro-optical phase shifting
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO7 citations74
US3980879ASep 14, 1976
Adaptive imaging telescope with nonlinear quadrant sensing and electro-optical phase shifting
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO13 citations74
US3979585ASep 7, 1976
Adaptive imaging telescope with camera-computer transform image quality sensing and electro-optic phase shifting
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO9 citations74
US5048935ASep 17, 1991
Method for adaptive correction of the phase non-uniformity of a liquid crystal light valve
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO18 citations73
US4715689ADec 29, 1987
Apparatus and method for spatial intensity threshold detection
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO14 citations73
US4090066AMay 16, 1978
Polarization reference imaging system
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO4 citations63
US3975629AAug 17, 1976
Adaptive imaging telescope with linear sensing and electro-optical phase shifting
HUGHES AIRCRAFT CO5 citations63
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP
4 patentsUS6075603AJun 13, 2000
Contactless acoustic sensing system with detector array scanning and self-calibrating
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP62 citations96
US6285514B1Sep 4, 2001
Lens for angularly overlapping a central portion of an optical beam with an outer portion of the beam
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP16 citations93
US6087652AJul 11, 2000
Contactless acoustic sensing system with detector array scanning and self-calibration
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP26 citations93
US5909279AJun 1, 1999
Ultrasonic sensor using short coherence length optical source, and operating method
HUGHES ELECTRONICS CORP26 citations92