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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (US);
Uchicago Argonne, Llc, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert P. H. Chang, Glenview, IL (US);
Richard D. Schaller, Clarendon Hills, IL (US);
John B. Ketterson, Evanston, IL (US);
Peijun Guo, Evanston, IL (US);
Northwester University, Evanston, IL (US);
UChicago Argonne, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a method of optical modulation, the method comprising irradiating an optical switch with a control beam at a first control time and irradiating the optical switch with a signal beam at a signal time. The transmitted intensity of the signal beam in a direction depends on the delay time between the first control time and the signal time and the transmitted intensity of the signal beam in the direction is detectably different than a static signal. The optical switch comprises a nanorod array, the nanorod array comprising a plurality of nanorods extending outwardly from a substrate.