Ø      Patents:

    Sole or co-inventor of the following inventions:

•  Invention Disclosure UNC-Charlotte: “Dynamic Polarization Mode Dispersion Compensator (Technique and Apparatus Design) ”, (Nov. 2001)

•  US. Patent No. 5,920,390:  “Fiber-optic Interferometer and Associated Method for analyzing Tissue”, Joint with Drs. R. Splinter & F.   Farahi; (July 1999).
• Invention Disclosure UNC-Charlotte: “Novel Design for Ultra-Short Pulse VCSELs”, (1998) (Approved provisionally)
• Invention Disclosure UNC-Charlotte:, “Ultra-short Laser Pulse Generator”, (July 28, 1995)
• U.S. Patent No. 4,881,236: “Wavelength Resonant Surface-Emitting Semiconductor Laser (VCSEL)”, Joint with Brueck et. al. (Nov. 1989)