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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Applicants:
Sharon M. Weiss, Rochester, NY (US);
Philippe M. Fauchet, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael Molinari, Reims, FR;
Inventors:
Sharon M. Weiss, Rochester, NY (US);
Philippe M. Fauchet, Pittsford, NY (US);
Michael Molinari, Reims, FR;
Assignee:
University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/10 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for controlling one or more temperature dependent optical properties of a structure in accordance with embodiments of the present invention includes heating at least a portion of a photonic band-gap structure and oxidizing the portion of the photonic band-gap structure during the heating to alter at least one temperature dependent optical property of the stack.