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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:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2006
Applicants:
Terry L. Smith, Roseville, MN (US);
Barry J. Koch, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jun-ying Zhang, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert W. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
Xudong Fan, Columbia, MO (US);
Inventors:
Terry L. Smith, Roseville, MN (US);
Barry J. Koch, Woodbury, MN (US);
Michael A. Haase, St. Paul, MN (US);
Jun-Ying Zhang, St. Paul, MN (US);
Robert W. Wilson, Austin, TX (US);
Xudong Fan, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical microresonator device is described including an optical waveguide and an optical microresonator positioned so as to optically couple to the waveguide. The waveguide includes a core and a metal cladding layer on at least part of one boundary of the core.