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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Applicants:
Baden-württemberg Stiftung Ggmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie, Karlsruhe, DE;
Thomas Schimmel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Schimmel, Karlsruhe, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); H01L 51/05 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/008 (2013.01); H01L 51/0595 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/1226 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical device () and a use of the optical device (). The optical device () comprises: —a source electrode (); —a drain electrode (); —a gap area () between the source electrode () and the drain electrode (); —a cluster () being positioned in the gap area () for connecting and disconnecting the source electrode () and the drain electrode () and for changing optical and/or plasmonic properties of the gap area (); and an optical coupling element () for bringing light into and out of the gap area ().