The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 25, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2005
Ralph D. Whaley, Jr., Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Abeles, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Martin H. Kwakernaak, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Viktor B. Khalfin, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Winston K. Chan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Haiyan an, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Steven Lipp, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ralph D. Whaley, Jr., Princeton Junction, NJ (US);
Joseph H. Abeles, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Martin H. Kwakernaak, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Viktor B. Khalfin, Hightstown, NJ (US);
Winston K. Chan, Princeton, NJ (US);
Haiyan An, Plainsboro, NJ (US);
Steven Lipp, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical system including: a substrate having a recess; and, a substantially planar, semiconductor waveguiding membrane suspended over the recess and having a thickness less than about 200 nm; wherein, the optical system supports a propagating optical mode having a majority of its energy external to the semiconductor waveguiding membrane.