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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2006
Applicant:
Weidong Zhou, Mansfield, TX (US);
Inventor:
Weidong Zhou, Mansfield, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01); G02B 6/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/31 (2006.01); H01L 21/469 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Photonic crystal structures having a plurality of air columns and coating such structures to provide structures with improved performance are described herein. The coating includes a material that coats an uppermost portion of a photonic crystal structure, wherein the photonic crystal structure comprises a plurality of air columns and wherein the plurality of air columns are coated on their uppermost surface by the coating material.