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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2012
Applicants:
Guoan Zheng, Pasadena, CA (US);
Xiquan Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Xin Heng, Berkeley, CA (US);
Changhuei Yang, Pasadena, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Woodstock, VT (US);
Inventors:
Guoan Zheng, Pasadena, CA (US);
Xiquan Cui, San Jose, CA (US);
Xin Heng, Berkeley, CA (US);
Changhuei Yang, Pasadena, CA (US);
Axel Scherer, Woodstock, VT (US);
Assignee:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G01N 21/552 (2014.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/00 (2006.01); G02B 21/14 (2006.01); G02B 27/52 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1226 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G01N 21/554 (2013.01); G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G02B 21/0032 (2013.01); G02B 21/004 (2013.01); G02B 21/0056 (2013.01); G02B 21/0068 (2013.01); G02B 21/14 (2013.01); G02B 27/52 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surface wave assisted system having an aperture layer with a surface and an aperture, and a plurality of grooves around the aperture. The plurality of grooves is configured to generate an optical transfer function at the aperture by inducing a surface wave for interfering with transmission of light of a range of spatial frequency.