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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:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Applicants:
Chee Wei Wong, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Barbastathis, Boston, MA (US);
Sang-gook Kim, Wayland, MA (US);
Inventors:
Chee Wei Wong, Cambridge, MA (US);
George Barbastathis, Boston, MA (US);
Sang-Gook Kim, Wayland, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A microphotonic device is provided. The microphotonic device includes a membrane structure that can experience strain. A waveguide element is formed on the membrane structure so that when the membrane structure is strained, the waveguide element elements are tuned to a selective amount.