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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2008
R. Stanley Williams, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Shih-yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Theodore I. Kamins, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Duncan Stewart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Blackstock, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zhiyong LI, Palo Alto, CA (US);
R. Stanley Williams, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Shih-Yuan Wang, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Philip J. Kuekes, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Theodore I. Kamins, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Duncan Stewart, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Alexandre M. Bratkovski, Mountain View, CA (US);
Jason Blackstock, Cambridge, MA (US);
Zhiyong Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention are related to nanowire-based devices that can be configured and operated as modulators, chemical sensors, and light-detection devices. In one aspect, a nanowire-based device includes a reflective member, a resonant cavity surrounded by at least a portion of the reflective member, and at least one nanowire disposed within the resonant cavity. The nanowire includes at least one active segment selectively disposed along the length of the nanowire to substantially coincide with at least one antinode of light resonating within the cavity. The active segment can be configured to interact with the light resonating within the cavity.