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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2006
Applicants:
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Xiaoyuan Chen, Acton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Gang Chen, Carlisle, MA (US);
Xiaoyuan Chen, Acton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical device includes an input optical source that provides and optical signal to the optical device. A surface phonon polariton (SPP) nanostructure receives the optical signal that interacts with the SPP nanostructure to excite a Raman process and produce a Raman light signal. The Raman light signal comprises a broad spectral range from near infrared to far infrared.