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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2019
Applicant:
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Eric Baer, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Andy Olah, Spencer, OH (US);
Zhenpeng Li, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Michael Hore, Shaker Heights, OH (US);
Cong Zhang, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignee:
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/122 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01); H01S 5/11 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1225 (2013.01); G02B 6/02347 (2013.01); H01S 5/11 (2021.01); H04L 9/3278 (2013.01);
Abstract
A security marking has a physically unclonable function (PUF) wherein the PUF includes a disordered multilayer photonic crystal structure having an electromagnetic transmission and/or reflection spectrum and/or spectra upon receipt of electromagnetic radiation within a photonic bandgap region of the structure that is unique to the structure.