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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2013
Applicant:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Inventors:
Henri J. Lezec, Bethesda, MD (US);
Erich C. Walter, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Amit Agrawal, Syracuse, NY (US);
Albert Alec Talin, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Ting Xu, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/15 (2006.01); G09G 3/38 (2006.01); G02F 1/153 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/1533 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G09G 3/38 (2013.01); G02F 1/15 (2013.01); G02F 2001/1515 (2013.01); G02F 2203/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various plasmonic structures in the form of electrochromic optical switches are described which exhibit relatively high optical switching contrast. The switches generally include a collection of nanoslits formed in a thin electrically conductive film. An electrochromic material is disposed on the conductive film and along the sidewalls of the nanoslit(s).