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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
John D Joannopoulos, Belmont, MA (US);
Robert D Meade, Westfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 96 ; 372 92 ; 372 50 ; 372 99 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a resonant cavity including a planar two-dimensional periodic dielectric structure which exhibits a photonic band gap and a defect in the periodic dielectric structure which results in an electromagnetic mode within the photonic band gap. The photonic band gap effects an in-plane spacial confinement of electromagnetic radiation generated within the structure. The electromagnetic radiation is vertically confined by total internal reflection.