Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings

Interdigital Ce Patent Holdings, Sas

Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique

Thomson Licensing

Interdigital Madison Patent Holdings, Sas

Université De Rennes 1

Université De Rennes I

Artem Boriskin

Laurent Blonde

Oksana Shramkova

Valter Drazic

Mitra Damghanian

Maxim Zhadobov

Justin John Cunningham

Ray Keating

Justin Cunningham

An optically-transparent device () is disclosed which comprises a main part () of dielectric material having a refractive index n, said device being configured for forming a field intensity distribution in a near zone of said device from electromagnetic waves incidentally illuminating said device, when said device is embedded into a dielectric material having a refractive index nlower than said refractive index n. Said device () further comprises at least one insert () of dielectric material having a refractive index nhigher than said refractive index n, said at least one insert being at least partly inserted into said main part, said refractive index nbeing different from said refractive index n, and wherein Formula (I) with Wbeing a half width of said insert and Formula (II), Formula (III) with Wbeing a half width of said main part and Formula (IV), with λ being the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave propagating in the dielectric material having refractive index n.

Device for near-field focusing and beam forming

An optical device forming an outgoing electromagnetic wave from an incident electromagnetic wave is disclosed. Such a device comprises at least one unit cell comprising:—at least two optical elements, an optical element being characterized by a type of optical response to said incident electromagnetic wave;—selection means enabling selective excitation of at least one optical element among the at least two optical elements, in response to said incident electromagnetic wave as a function of a wavelength of said incident electromagnetic wave, wherein said selection means comprise at one nanojet-based dielectric deflector compound of at least two dielectric material having different refractive indexes, and wherein said optical elements are placed at a distance from said nanojet-based dielectric deflector.

Device for forming an outgoing electromagnetic wave from an incident electromagnetic wave

A device includes a host medium having a first refractive index value; a first layer comprising a first dielectric material having a second refractive index value, wherein the second refractive index value is greater than the first refractive index value, and wherein the first layer comprises a first step structure at a boundary between the first layer and the host medium; and a second layer comprising a second dielectric material and comprising a second step structure, the second layer having a third refractive index value higher than the first refractive index value of the host medium, wherein the second step structure is stacked on the first step structure, and, in response to an incident electromagnetic wave reaching the device, a first nanojet beam generated by the first step structure and a second nanojet beam generated by the second step structure are combined and focused around a first focusing point.

Device for deviating and focusing light

A method of bonding layers of dielectric materials includes

Adhesive-free bonding of dielectric materials, using nanojet microstructures

A diffraction grating includes a plurality of grating unit cells positioned in a periodic array on a substrate surface. In cross-section, a grating unit cell includes a homogeneous dielectric host medium with a first refractive index n, embedding at least a first block of a first dielectric material with a second refractive index n, a side edge of which is in direct contact with at least a second block of a second dielectric material with a third refractive index n. Both the first block and the second block have a trapezoidal cross-section. The plurality of grating unit cells provides a non-symmetrical response for positive first diffraction order and negative first diffraction order based on nanojet hot spot positions, the nanojets being generated at edges between dielectric materials with different refractive indexes.

Diffraction grating comprising double-materials structures

The present disclosure concerns an image sensor comprising a set of pixels, wherein each pixel of the set comprises a first and a second element, the first element comprising a photodiode module unit, and the second element being an element for filtering color and focusing incident light into said first element. The image sensor further comprises at least two consecutive pixels from the set of pixels, for which first elements are put side by side, and wherein the image sensor comprises a gap between second elements of said at least two consecutive pixels.

Image sensor comprising pixels for preventing or reducing the crosstalk effect

An optical device forming an outgoing electromagnetic wave from an incident electromagnetic wave comprises at least one unit cell (UC), comprising: at least two subwavelength optical elements (), each of them belonging to a different set (MSI, MS) of subwavelength optical elements, a set of subwavelength optical elements being characterized by a type of optical response to an incident electromagnetic wave; means () enabling selective excitation of all subwavelength optical elements belonging to a given set, in response to an electromagnetic wave () incident on said unit cell.

Optical device capable of providing at least two different optical functions

A device for forming at least one focused beam in a near-field zone, from an electromagnetic wave incident on the device, is remarkable in that it comprises at least one layer of dielectric material comprising at least partially at least one cavity, the at least one cavity being filled in with a medium having a refractive index lower than that of the dielectric material. The at least one cavity is targeted to be cylindrical or cone-shaped and comprises at least one base surface, defined with respect to an arrival direction of the electromagnetic wave, and at least one lateral surface. The at least one base surface is delineated by a base edge line which has a shape of a crescent moon, comprising a concave base edge line segment and a convex base edge line segment, which shape, and/or orientation and/or associated base angles between the at least one base surface and the at least one lateral surface control an angular position of a projection of the at least one focused beam on a plane orthogonal to the arrival direction of the electromagnetic wave and comprising at least part of the at least one base surface, called an azimuth angle.

Device for forming at least one tilted focused beam in the near zone, from incident electromagnetic waves

The present disclosure concerns a device for forming a field intensity pattern in the near zone, from electromagnetic waves which are incident on said device. Notably, such a device allows confining electromagnetic waves, which are incident on the device, into beams of radiation in the near zone. It comprises at least one layer of dielectric material, which surface has at least one abrupt change of level forming a step. A lower and lateral part of said surface with respect to said step is in contact with a substance having a refractive index lower than that of said dielectric material. For an incident electromagnetic wave impinging upon the device in the vicinity of such a step, the corresponding step of index it encounters produces a complex electromagnetic phenomenon, which allows generating low-dispersive condensed beams and specific field patterns in the near zone.

Device for forming a field intensity pattern in the near zone, from incident electromagnetic waves

A device for shielding a sub-wavelength-scale object from an electromagnetic wave incident on the device. The device includes a layer of dielectric material, a surface of which has a change of level forming a step. The step is in contact with a medium having a refractive index that is lower than a refractive index of the dielectric material. The sub-wavelength-scale object is located within the device in a quiet zone where an electromagnetic field intensity is below a threshold, the quiet zone extending above said surface, in a vicinity of the step, in a direction of incidence of said incident electromagnetic wave.

Device and method for shielding at least one sub-wavelength-scale object from an incident electromagnetic wave

The present disclosure concerns a device for forming a field intensity distribution in the near zone, from a propagating electromagnetic waves which are incident on said device. The device comprises:

Device for forming nanojet beams in a near zone, from incident electromagnetic waves

It is proposed an organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, comprising a cathode, an anode, the anode being positioned on a substrate, and wherein the organic light emitting diode cell further comprises between said cathode and said anode, an emissive layer and an conductive layer, that generate light when a difference of potential occurs between said cathode and said anode. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell further comprises a diffusion layer comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders, wherein each right circular hollow cylinder being defined by at least a parameter R, named an external radius, and a parameter r, named an internal radius, wherein said parameter R is comprised in a first range with &#x3bb; being a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave generated by said organic light emitting diode (OLED) cell, and wherein said parameter r is defined such that in a is comprised in a second range [0.6; 0.8], and wherein each right circular hollow cylinder has a height that is comprised in a third range wherein n corresponds to a refractive index of said diffusion layer.

Organic light emitting diode cell comprising a set of right circular hollow cylinders

Some embodiments relate to a device for simulating characteristics of human tissues in electromagnetic dosimetry. The device includes a substrate bearing a metallised shielding, a layer of a dielectric material arranged on or preferentially beneath the substrate and the device including a plurality of openings made in the shielding and at least one array of sensors in the layer of dielectric material.

Device for electromagnetic dosimetry and associated method

The present disclosure concerns a device for forming at least one focused beam in a near zone, from an electromagnetic wave incident on said device. Such device is remarkable in that it comprises at least one layer of a dielectric material comprising at least partially a first element, said first element having a first refractive index value, said first element comprising at least partially a second element, said second element having a second refractive index value greater than said first index value, and wherein said second element comprises at least a base surface, defined with respect to an arrival direction of said electromagnetic wave, and wherein said at least a base surface comprises at least two opposite edge line segments whose shape and associated base angles between said at least a base surface and a lateral surface of said second element, in a vertical plane with respect to said at least a base surface, control a shape of said at least one focused beam.

Device for forming at least one focused beam in the near zone, from incident electromagnetic waves

In one embodiment of the disclosure, it is proposed a photolithography device for generating structure on a photoresist substrate, the photolithography device comprising a light illumination unit and a photomask. The photomask is remarkable in that it comprises at least one layer of dielectric material and a medium having a refractive index lower than that of said dielectric material, wherein a surface of said at least one layer of dielectric material has at least one abrupt change of level forming a step, and wherein at least a base and lateral part of said surface, with respect to said step and a propagation direction of an electromagnetic wave from said light illumination unit, is in contact with said medium.

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