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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Oskar Painter, Sierra Madre, CA (US);
Martin Winger, Pasadena, CA (US);
Qiang Lin, Rochester, NY (US);
Amir Safavi-Naeini, Pasadena, CA (US);
Thiago Alegre, Campinas, BR;
Timothy Dobson Blasius, Pasadena, CA (US);
Alexander Grey Krause, Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1225 (2013.01); G02B 26/001 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes an integrated opto-mechanical and electro-mechanical system. The opto-mechanical and electro-mechanical system can be made of photonic crystals configured to move based on electrical voltages and/or back action effects from electromagnetic waves, thus changing the resonance of the system.