Labrum Optical Eng. inc., lens design, optical engineering, prisms, reflectors

<body> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/logo.gif" width="500" height="92"></P> <P ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Arial"><STRONG><BIG>About Labrum Optical Engineering</BIG></STRONG></FONT></P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Innovation">Innovation</A></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering's <A HREF="jl_resume.html" TARGET="main">founder</A> holds 10 U.S. patents for designs, devices, and techniques in the optical engineering sciences. He has also created sophisticated computer programs to simulate and optimize optical/mechanical systems. In addition, he is the author of over 40 proposals, technical reports, and "white papers" for private industry, government, and professional journals.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Cost Effectiveness">Cost Effectiveness</A></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering has its own computers and software. We don't need to lease expensive hardware or software, and the savings are passed on to our clients.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3"> Along with the savings, you get exceptional capability and quality. We have several hundred proven optical designs in our data base. With Labrum Optical Engineering, you can avoid the risk involved in using undocumented, off-the-shelf optics that produce undocumented results. Custom-designed optics by Labrum Optical Engineering can ctually be less expensive (in quantities of 50 items or more) than off-the-shelf optics offered by some "ready-made" suppliers.</FONT></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Documentation"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Documentation</FONT></A></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">All our designs are fully documented and become the property of the client. Documentation includes:</FONT></P> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Manufacturing part drawings, with tolerances</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Ray fan plots</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">MTF Diagrams</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Field curvature</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Through focus spot diagrams</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Quick Turn-A-Round Time"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Quick Turn-A-Round Time</FONT></A></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">For some clients, experience, innovation, and quality are not enough; they also need fast turn-a-round time. Labrum Optical Engineering will work with you, step by step, to provide our services on time and on budget.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Specialized Support">Specialized Support</A></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Perhaps you already have an excellent, in-house design group that needs little more than an outside opinion from time to time. Labrum Optical Engineering is available. Perhaps you have an extra heavy workload right now that requires an extra hand. Labrum Optical Engineering is available.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Pedagogy"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Pedagogy</FONT></A></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">On-site customer-tailored, professional seminars to upgrade the skills of management, engineering, and technical personnel in the optical engineering sciences.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Experience"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Experience</FONT></A></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><A HREF="jl_resume.html" TARGET="main" NAME="Joseph Labrum"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000">Joseph Labrum</FONT></A><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">, our president, is a consulting optics engineer with 25 years of in-depth experience in solving a wide spectrum of optical engineering problems.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"> </FONT></P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Fourier Optics">Fourier Optics</A></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Complex laser systems for electronic signal processing. Our signal processing systems have included acousto-optics (Bragg cell) and Fourier Transform optics to perform real-time spatial filtering.</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><BIG><IMG SRC="images/jlabrum3.gif" ALIGN="RIGHT" BORDER="2" width="195" height="107"></BIG></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Lens Design">Lens Design</A></FONT></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Numerous photographic imaging lenses and complex photographic relay imaging systems.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Color-corrected underwater viewing port and underwater field of view correcting lens for the deep submersible rescue vehicle (DSRV).</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Colorimetry"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Colorimetry</FONT></A></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Color-separation optics and lensing for live video, high-speed video, and tele-cine (film), broadcast-quality color TV cameras.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Precision colorimetry using the CIE chromaticity measurement and display system.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Microscopy"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Microscopy</FONT></A></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Short-pulsed, UV, N2 laser microscope to measure the size and velocity of high speed aerosol particles 10 microns in diameter traveling 10 meters/second.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Numerous additional direct vision microscopes for specialized use in optical research and development. These microscopes were designed to measure the image quality (MTF) and field curvature of various imaging systems.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">A series of microscopes with ultra long working distances.</FONT></P> </LI> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">These microsopes are sometimes referrd to as close focusing telescopes.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">These microscopes are useful in alignment of optical components in complex, multi-component, optical assemblies.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="photodetection"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Photodetection</FONT></A></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Ultra-high performance photo-detection arrays with a measured dynamic range exceeding 60 dB (1,000,000:1).</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Low-noise, high-speed, photo-detection circuits.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Optical heterodyne detection</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><BIG><IMG SRC="images/jlabrum2.gif" ALIGN="RIGHT" BORDER="2" width="236" height="125"></BIG></FONT></P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Laser Optics"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Laser Optics</FONT></A></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Extensive experience in the speckle problems of coherent (laser) imaging systems. Labrum Optical Engineering has unique techniques to reduce speckle and improve resolution.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Two-element, cemented, diffraction limited, F#3.9 collimating and/or focusing lenses.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><A NAME="Spectroscopy"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Spectroscopy</FONT></A></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Custom spectrometers to determine transmission, absorption, and reflection of various materials in the near UV, visible, and near IR portions of the optical spectrum.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Custom spectroscopes for analysis of multi-spectral line mixed gas lasers in real time.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Metrology">Metrology</A></FONT></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Non-contract optical metrology systems capable of 0.0002" measurement accuracy.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Scanning and non-scanning metrology system design.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Special Lighting">Special Lighting</A></FONT></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">High performance lighting instruments for theatre applications; and high intensity, miniature, under-water lighting systems.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Custom parabolic, elliptical, and spherical reflector designs for special lighting applications.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A NAME="Fiber Optics">Fiber Optics</A></FONT></H3> <UL> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">High performance, long distance (10 km), broadband (1 GHz), single-mode, analog (QPSK), fiber-optic communications link.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Optical wavelength multiplexing and demultiplexing.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Helmet-mounted sights and heads-up display concepts.</FONT></P> </LI> <LI> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Non-contract methods to determine the three-axis attitude of helmets used in headsup display and sighting systems which yield a 10X accuracy improvement over existing technology.</FONT></P> </LI> </UL> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/loeline.jpg" width="475" height="15"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><B><FONT SIZE="3">JOSEPH H. LABRUM</FONT></B><BIG><BR> </BIG><FONT SIZE="3">605 South 800 East</FONT><BIG><BR> </BIG><FONT SIZE="3">Orem, Utah 84097</FONT><BIG><BR> </BIG><FONT SIZE="3">Voice (801)226-2955</FONT><BIG><BR> </BIG><FONT SIZE="3">FAX (801)226-0433</FONT><BIG><BR> </BIG><FONT SIZE="3">E-Mail <A HREF="mailto:loe@cu.quik.com">info@labrumopticaleng.com</A></FONT><BR> </FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/logo.gif" width="500" height="92"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><SMALL><STRONG><FONT FACE="Arial">There's something you should know about Labrum Optical Engineering: It isn't just another engineering firm.  If you are looking for the out-of-the-ordinary optical engineering services and/or out-of-the-ordinary optomechanical engineering services, Look to Labrum.</FONT></STRONG></SMALL></P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/PendAnimation_02.gif" WIDTH="793" HEIGHT="176"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><SMALL><FONT FACE="Arial">The animated optical system you are viewing is diffraction limited, (theoretically perfect) and combines the functions of a 2.5X Laser Beam Expander, and a beam steering device (articulated optical hinge).</FONT></SMALL></P> <P><SMALL><FONT FACE="Arial">The hinge operates over a +/- 4.0 degree range and can be tilted in any direction. A 1º tilt in the optical train causes a 1º change in the beam pointing direction. Normally it is easier to build separate laser beam expanding optics and separate beam steering optics and assemble them one after the other. However, this particular application was very space limited and it was necessary to devise a way to combine both beam expansion and beam steering into one short optical train.</FONT></SMALL></P> <P ALIGN="center"><img src="_vti_bin/fpcount.exe/D:/LOE/WEB.Site/htdocs/?Page=index.html|Image=2|Digits=6" alt="Hit Counter"> </P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/logo.gif" width="500" height="92"></P> <H1 ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Arial">Joseph Labrum Resume</FONT></H1> <H1 ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/loeline.jpg" ALIGN="middle" width="475" height="15"></H1> <FONT SIZE="3"> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><U>CAREER SUMMARY</U></FONT><IMG SRC="images/josephportrait.jpg" ALIGN="right" WIDTH="250" HEIGHT="356"></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has a BS in Computer Science with over thirty years of experience in Government and private industry R&D. He has extensive experience in the design of optical systems for the UV, visible, and near IR portions of the spectrum. He has extensive experience in the use of several optical design programs including COOL-GENI, SODA, OSDP, and ZEMAX. He has traveled extensively through-out North America, Mexico, Mesoamerica, South America, and Europe and has basic skills in the Spanish Language. Mr. Labrum's creativity has been rewarded with ten U.S. Patents in optics, laser optics, acousto-optics, optical signal processing photo detector design, CCD design and electro-optics.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><U>PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS</U></FONT></H3> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">PROPOSAL  &  PROJECT MANAGEMENT</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has managed multiple projects, interfacing directly with the customer and developing optical systems to meet the customer's needs.  Managing each project from concept through costing, design, procurement, testing, validation, and final report(s).   Mr. Labrum has written, managed and/or co-authored over 40 white papers, proposals, final reports, and IR&D project reports.  Projects have included; visual color display systems, ultra-high-speed photographic systems,  acousto-optic systems,  optical-mux-demux systems,  helmet sighting systems,  laser alignment systems,  optical-heterodyne detecting systems,  wide-band fiber optic communication systems, and optical receivers to detect spread spectrum communications in real time - just to mention a few.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has made numerous technical presentations and in-term progress reports to audiences all over the United States. He has also been the featured speaker/instructor at five, (week long) International conference-workshops on high speed photography.   He has also been an instructor for SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering) where he teaches two, continuing education, professional short courses in colorimetry:  <U>Basic Color Perception and Measurement</U>  and  <U>Advanced Color Perception and Measurement</U>.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum is also an accomplished photographer.  His work appears in several published archaeological texts, He has also been a repeated guest lecturer at Brigham Young University where he presented his photography and lectured about Mesoamerican archeology.  He has also taught college accredited photography classes at both the University of Utah and Brigham Young University (BYU). </FONT></P> <H4 ALIGN="left"> </H4> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Designed new, non-contact optical measurement technology to measure the diameter of fast moving extruded materials with an accuracy of 0.0002". This new technology has been incorporated into a new product line with present annual sales of over $1,000,000.00 (one Million dollars).</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">LASER BASED - MEDICAL SYSTEM DESIGN</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has designed numerous laser based optical systems. These systems have included a visible laser and fiber-optic delivery system for experimental dental research in the treatment of periodontal disease. A high resolution, ultra-violet laser microscope for studying the size and velocity of microscopic (0.1micron -100micron) aerosol particles which may be inhaled and tapped in the lungs. A spectroscopic system to simultaneously monitor all of the spectral lines of a multi-line laser. This allowed the study of the power dynamics and stability of the cavity of a mixed gas medical laser. He has also developed a unique "optical hinge for lasers" or "articulated hinge." This new optical hinge provides the ability to continuously tilt, aim, or bend a laser beam by more than 4 degrees in any direction while maintaining diffraction limited  optical performance.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">FOURIER OPTICS - SIGNAL PROCESSING</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum holds a half-dozen patents for his work in Fourier optics and acousto-optic signal processing. His unique approach to aperture weighting (optical and acoustic) and time base management provided several new, and novel method(s) of detecting state-of-the-art spread spectrum (Pseudo noise and frequency hopped) communications signals in real time, with near 100% probability of detection.<BR> </FONT></P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">OPTICAL LENS AND REFLECTOR DESIGN</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has designed many photographic and television imaging lenses and complex relay imaging systems for use both above and below (in) water. These systems have also required the custom design of specialized aspheric-reflector systems to deliver precisely controlled lighting to the subject.  He has also developed a new series of lighting reflectors for the professional photographer.  The shape of these new reflectors is unique in the world of lighting.  These reflectors provide 100% to 200% improvement in light efficiency over the existing technology reflector technology and provides drastically improved lighting uniformity.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has developed numerous telescopes, collimators, and other optical instruments and techniques for alignment of optical systems in the production environment. He has also developed many optical instruments and techniques for the measurement of image quality and evaluation for the laboratory environment.   </FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has also developed a new family of ultra-light weight surgical telescopes for the dental profession. These new close-focusing, surgical telescopes, are the first, truly diffraction limited (optically perfect), surgical telescopes to be introduced into the world of surgery.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">PHOTO-DETECTION</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has an extensive background in photo-detection technology and holds several patents for his work in this area. He has developed unique, low noise, optical heterodyne detection techniques for the detection and recovery of complex, wideband (50MHz), electronic signals as well as an ultra high performance photo-detector array (non-agc'ed) with a measured instantaneous dynamic range of greater than 60 dB (1,000,000:1).</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">FIBER-OPTICS</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has designed fiber-optic systems operating at wavelengths ranging from 200nm through 1300nm. Applications range from UV light delivery systems to high speed (2ghz), wide bandwidth (500mhz), long hall (10km), FSK data communications systems.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"> </P> <H4 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">DOD Issued Security Clearance</FONT></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">DOD issued "Secret" Clearance from 1979 - 1989</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><U>EDUCATION</U></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">BSCS (BS Computer Science with Minor in Physics) University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 1971</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">CPP  Degree in Photography  1998  (Certified Professional Photography Degree) </FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><U>PROFESSIONAL  JOURNAL  PUBLICATIONS</U></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR> "A Tunable, Variable Bandwidth, Acousto-Optic Filter," Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol 519, pp 25-33, October 24-26 1984.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">"Optimizing the Compound Reflector Framing Spot Light," Journal of the SMPTE, Vol 87, No 10, October 1978, pp 694-699</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">"Size and Velocity Measurements of High Speed Microscopic Particles," Proceedings of the Technical Program at the Electro-Optical Systems Design Conference, Anaheim California, November 11-13 1975.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><U>HOBBIES</U></FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum enjoys;   photography,   travel,   archery,   hunting,  fishing,  gardening,  piloting private planes,   scuba diving,  and   Mesoamerican archaeology.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><U>REFERENCES</U></FONT></H3> </FONT> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial" SIZE="3">Business references and/or reference letters available on request.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"> </P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/loeline.jpg" width="475" height="15"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Labrum Optical Engineering<BR> JOSEPH H. LABRUM</B></FONT><BR> 605 South 800 East<BR> Orem, Utah 84097<BR> Voice (801)226-2955<BR> FAX (801)226-0433<BR> E-Mail <A HREF="mailto:loe@cu.quik.com">info@labrumopticaleng.com</A></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/logo.gif" WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="92"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">There's something you should know about Labrum Optical Engineering: It isn't just another engineering firm.  If you are looking for the out-of-the-ordinary optical engineering services and/or out-of-the-ordinary optomechanical engineering services, Look to Labrum.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/laseranim1.gif" width="239" height="152"></P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/logo.gif" width="500" height="92"></P> <P><IMG SRC="images/jlabrum1.gif" ALIGN="right" BORDER="2" width="162" height="254"></P> <H1 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">U.S. Patents Granted to Joseph H. Labrum</FONT></H1> <P><IMG SRC="images/loeline.jpg" WIDTH="425" HEIGHT="10"></P> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,767,1988 * SAW/BAW Bragg cell *<BR> August 30, 1988</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><BR> <B>ABSTRACT: </B>An acoustic signal is launched as a surface acoustic wave (SAW) by a hyperbolically tapered transducer and then reflected into a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) by a tapered reflector. At each frequency the tapered reflector must satisfy the phase match conditions between the SAW and BAW as defined by their wave vectors. Let k.sub.B be the projection of the BAW wave vector on the SAW. Then, if k.sub.G is defined to be the wave vector of the grid, ie., k.sub.G=2.pi./d, where d is the periodicity of the reflecting strips at the frequency under consideration, the phase match condition is k.sub.G=k.subB -k.sub.S. A reflector designed to satisfy this condition will reflect the SAW into a BAW at any desired angle (as specified by k.sub.B). The laser beam is then Bragg scattered by the Baw in the usual manner. The advantage of this scheme is that the tapered transducer separates the acoustic signals spatially so no intermodulation products are formed. Furthermore, the tapered transducers are able to handle higher power levels than other transducers so hat high energy acoustic signals can, infact be used. An improvement in Bragg scattering signals can, infact be used. An additional improvement in Bragg scattering efficiency can be achieved by curving the reflective array in such a way as to direct the BAW so that the Bragg angle for optimum scattering efficiency is exactly met for all frequencies. This insures that the device can be used over a broad bandwidth without a fall off in the Bragg scattering efficiency.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,722,596 * Acousto-optic analyzer with dynamic signal compression * February 2, 1988</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> An acousto-optic spectrum analyzer in which the dynamic range is effectively extended by detecting the frequency bands wherein the photo-detectors are saturated and providing a filter to suppress (attenuate) those frequencies. With this pre-filter, the entire amplitude of the spectrum appears to be within the dynamic range of the photo detectors. The actual spectrum can be reconstructed using the response of the suppression filter and the photo-detector (CCD) output.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,712,059 * Broadband optical processor for determination of frequency and time of arrival of multiple signals * December 8, 1987</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT: </FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">a real time processor for the detection and separation of multiple frequency hop signals and which is capable of determining both the frequency and time of arrival for all frequencies within the specified bandwidth.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,696,061 * Acousto-optic R-F receiver which is tunable and has adjustable bandwidth * September 22, 1987</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> There is disclosed an acousto-optic filtering apparatus which includes Bragg cells in the signal path and in the local oscillator reference path of the apparatus in order to permit relatively high frequency signals to be detected by a relatively low frequency detector mechanism.</FONT></P> <HR> <H4 ALIGN="left"><BIG><FONT FACE="Arial">4,648,135A * photo-detector array with extended dynamic range for use in optical signal processing systems * March 3, 1987</FONT></BIG></H4> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT: </FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">A signal handling system of improved dynamic range wherein a logarithmic circuit is interposed between the photo-diode array and other output circuitry.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,636,718 * Acousto-optical spectrum analyzer with expanded frequency resolution * January 13, 1987</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT: </FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">This invention is directed to a spectrum analyzer system which is laser-driven and which includes standard Bragg cell and standard photo-detector array as the output detector. In this system, the Bragg cell is driven by a bandwidth expansion circuit which receives the typical R.F. input signal, supplies it to a variable center frequency filter or to a bank of filters which then down-converts the signal and supplies the signal to a real time signal storage memory at a first signal rate. The signals are retrieved from the memory at a second, much greater signal rate, up-converted and supplied to the Bragg cell to effect the operation thereof in the usual fashion. This time based compression circuit has the effect of producing an improved optical spectrum analyzer with expanded frequency resolution.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,210,955 * Shutter system for stage-lighting spotlights * July 1, 1980</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT: </FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">A shutter system for stage lighting spotlights includes a housing having a fixed framing gate therein which has an opening therethrough for the passage of light. Two sets of opposing shutter blades are sandwiched, one on each side of the framing gate, between the framing gate and one of a pair of pressure plates which have means urging them toward the framing gate. Each shutter blade has a neck portion which extends through a slot in the housing and which serves as a handle in which pressure may be applied to move the shutter blade. The blades are normally held in place by the action of the pressure plates against the blades and framing gate.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,151,584 * Light-collecting reflector * April 24, 1979</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT:</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> A light collecting reflector with a source of light comprises a main reflector having a central parabolic reflecting surface and an outer ellipsoidal reflecting surface surrounding the central surface. The main reflector is adapted to have a source of light placed along its central axis. A secondary reflector having a surface facing the reflector surfaces of the main reflector and having an open central portion to allow light to pass therethrough, is positioned in front of the main reflector so that light striking the reflector surface of the secondary reflector is reflected back toward the reflecting surfaces of the main reflector. The reflecting surface of the secondary reflector is accurate with radii that emanate from the circle with its concentric with the center axis of the main reflector.</FONT></P> <HR> <H3 ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">4,136,950 * Microscope system for observing Hi-Speed moving particles * January 30, 1979</FONT></H3> <P ALIGN="left"><B><FONT FACE="Arial">ABSTRACT: </FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">A microscope system for observing moving particles makes use of a television camera for producing a continuing series of images of such particles. A source of laser light pulses illuminate the particles with each pulse for a period short enough to stop their movement for the camera. The light source and camera are synchronized so that the light pulses occur only between the times that the camera produces image-information signals. For obtaining particle size measurements, a single light pulse during the time that the camera is not producing image-information signals is sufficient. For obtaining particle velocity measurements, two light pulses are required so that a double exposure occurs at the camera during a time that the camera is not producing image-information signals.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"> </P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/loeline.jpg" width="475" height="15"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Labrum Optical Engineering<BR> JOSEPH H. LABRUM</B></FONT><BR> 605 South 800 East<BR> Orem, Utah 84097<BR> Voice (801)226-2955<BR> FAX (801)226-0433<BR> E-Mail <A HREF="mailto:loe@cu.quik.com">info@labrumopticaleng.com</A></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/logo.gif" width="500" height="92"></P> <U><I><B> <P ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE="5" FACE="Arial">SPECIAL PROJECT CAPABILITIES</FONT></P> </B></I></U> <HR> <P ALIGN="center"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><U><B>TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS</B></U></FONT></P> <HR> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial"><A HREF="jl_resume.html" TARGET="main">Mr. Labrum</A> and his staff have made numerous technical presentations and in-term progress reports to audiences all over the United States. Mr. Labrum has also been the featured speaker/instructor at five, (week long) International conference-workshops on high speed photography. He is also an instructor for SPIE (The International Society for Optical Engineering) where he teaches two, continuing education, short courses in colorimetry: <B><U>Basic Color Perception and Measurement</U> and <U>Advanced Color Perception and Measurement</U></B> .</FONT></P> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Designed new, noncontact optical measurement technology to measure the diameter of fast moving extruded materials with an accuracy of 0.0002inch. This new technology has been incorporated into a new product line with present annual sales of over US$1,000,000.00 (one million).<BR> <BR> </FONT></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">LASER BASED - MEDICAL SYSTEM DESIGN</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering (LOE) has designed numerous laser based optical systems. These systems have included:</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">A visible laser and fiber-optic delivery system for experimental dental research in the treatment of periodontal disease.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">A high resolution, ultra-violet-laser-microscope, video-camera-system for studying the size and velocity of microscopic (0.1micron - 100micron) aerosol particles which may be inhaled and trapped in the lungs.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">A spectroscopic system to simultaneously monitor all of the spectral lines of a multiline laser. This allowed the study of the power dynamics and stability of the optical cavity of a mixed gas medical laser.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial">LOE has also developed a unique "optical hinge for lasers" or "articulated hinge." This new optical hinge is very compact and utilizes lenses rather than the usual mirrors and/or prisms. This allows a 2.5X laser beam expander-collimator and optical hinge to be combined into one, 3-inch long package and to provide the ability to continuously tilt, aim, or bend a laser beam by more than 5<SUP>O</SUP> in any direction while maintaining diffraction limited performance.</FONT></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">FOURIER OPTICS - SIGNAL PROCESSING</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="fourier"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum holds a half-dozen patents for his work in Fourier optics and acousto-optic signal processing. His unique approach to aperture weighting (optical and acoustic) and time base management provided enhanced methods of detecting stateoftheart spread spectrum (Pseudo-noise and frequency hopped) communications signals in real time, with <B>100%</B> probability of detection.</FONT></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"><U><B> <P ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Arial">OPTICAL LENS AND REFLECTOR DESIGN</FONT></P> </B></U></FONT> <HR> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="optical design"></A><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering has designed:<BR> </FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">Many high resolution photographic and television imaging lenses and complex relay imaging systems for use both above and below (in) water.</FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">Specialized spheric and aspheric-reflector systems to deliver precisely controlled lighting to the target area. These systems have included dental lights for oral surgery and general dentistry.</FONT></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">Specialized spheric and aspheric lens systems. These lens systems have been used in surgical binoculars and specialized, light weight, head mounted surgical lighting instruments.</FONT></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">Ultra-high resolution, UV-visible lens. This F#-4.0 lens was designed to be achromatically corrected from 250nm - 1,000nm (far ultra-violet through near infra-red) portion of the spectrum. This lens resolution is better than 40-lp/mm at more than 50% depth of modulation. Anti-reflective coatings for this lens can be designed to cover only a one-octave bandwidth and thus the operation of this lens is limited to any one octave portion of the 250nm - 1,000nm (2-octave) operational bandwidth of this lens.</FONT></FONT></P> <HR> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT SIZE="3" FACE="Arial">OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS</FONT></B></U></P> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="optical instruments"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering has developed numerous telescopes, collimators, and other optical instruments and techniques for alignment of optical systems in the production environment. LOE has also developed many optical instruments and techniques for the measurement of image quality in the laboratory environment.</FONT></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">COLOR TELEVISION CAMERAS</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="tv cameras"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering has developed several, unique, high optical efficiency, color-separation optics systems (including 10:1 zoom lens) for professional broadcast quality television. These designs were for both live professional studio cameras and also 16mm & 35mm moving film-television conversion cameras. The color reproduction accuracy demonstrated by these cameras was superior in every way when compared to other existing live and film-chain cameras.</FONT></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">PHOTO-DETECTION</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="photo detection"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">Mr. Labrum has an extensive background in photo-detection technology and holds several patents for his work in this area.</FONT></P> </FONT> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">LOE has developed unique, low noise, optical heterodyne detection techniques for the detection and recovery of complex, wideband (1mhz), electronic signals.</FONT></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">LOE has developed an ultra high performance photo-detector array (non-agc'ed) with a measured instantaneous dynamic range of greater than 60 dB (1,000,000:1).</FONT></FONT></P> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">FIBER-OPTICS</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="fiber optics"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering has designed fiber-optic systems operating at wavelengths ranging from 200nm through 1300nm.</FONT></P> </FONT> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">LOE has designed specialized fiber-optic lighting systems to deliver high intensity, far-UV(264nm), light to the inside surface of 500micron diameter medical catheters.</FONT></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="3">LOE has designed fiber-optic systems to deliver laser radiation to a remote target.</FONT></FONT></P> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">LUMINAIR DESIGN</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="luminair design"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">Labrum Optical Engineering has developed and holds patents on several high efficiency live theater stage lighting instruments. These instruments utilize a unique light collecting reflector system and a 2-element, 3:1, variable beam angle, zoom-lens system. This instrument was designed to replace a family of live stage luminairs (precision lighting instruments) known as "framing, ellipsoidal spot lights." Even though we designed these instruments over 20 years ago, these instruments are still the performance standard by which present day "framing, ellipsoidal spotlights" are judged.</FONT></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="center"><U><B><FONT FACE="Arial">COST PERFORMANCE TRADE-OFF'S</FONT></B></U></P> </FONT> <HR> <FONT SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="left"><A NAME="cost effective"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">There are many cost-performance trade-off's to be considered in the design of almost ALL of our optical-mechanical-electrical systems. It is therefore very important that we (you as our representative) interface closely with our customer and make sure that we understand exactly what the customer needs and tailor our products to his/her needs. This will <B>minimize product cost</B> and <B>maximize customer satisfaction</B>.</FONT></P> </FONT> <P ALIGN="center"><IMG SRC="images/loeline.jpg" width="475" height="15"></P> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Arial"><FONT SIZE="+1"><B>Labrum Optical Engineering<BR> JOSEPH H. LABRUM</B></FONT><BR> 605 South 800 East<BR> Orem, Utah 84097<BR> Voice (801)226-2955<BR> FAX (801)226-0433<BR> E-Mail <A HREF="mailto:Info@LabrumOpticalEng.com">Info@LabrumOpticalEng.com</A></FONT></P> <P ALIGN="center"> </P> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="left"> </p> <p align="center"> </p> <p> <! End of stuff entered for search engine compatability /> <!This page uses frames, but your browser doesn't support them./> </body>