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Title: Reconstruction of nonlinear wave propagation

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1083297

Disclosed are systems and methods for characterizing a nonlinear propagation environment by numerically propagating a measured output waveform resulting from a known input waveform. The numerical propagation reconstructs the input waveform, and in the process, the nonlinear environment is characterized. In certain embodiments, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment facilitates determination of an unknown input based on a measured output. Similarly, knowledge of the characterized nonlinear environment also facilitates formation of a desired output based on a configurable input. In both situations, the input thus characterized and the output thus obtained include features that would normally be lost in linear propagations. Such features can include evanescent waves and peripheral waves, such that an image thus obtained are inherently wide-angle, farfield form of microscopy.

Research Organization:
Opteryx, LLC (Princeton, NJ)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-08ER55001
Assignee:
Opteryx, LLC (Princeton, NJ)
Patent Number(s):
8,427,650
Application Number:
12/629,739
OSTI ID:
1083297
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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