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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2011
Hyuck Choo, Albany, CA (US);
Stefano Cabrini, Albany, CA (US);
P. James Schuck, Berkeley, CA (US);
Xiaogan Liang, Berkeley, CA (US);
Eli Yablonovitch, Oakland, CA (US);
Hyuck Choo, Albany, CA (US);
Stefano Cabrini, Albany, CA (US);
P. James Schuck, Berkeley, CA (US);
Xiaogan Liang, Berkeley, CA (US);
Eli Yablonovitch, Oakland, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a plasmonic optical transformer to produce a highly focuses optical beam spot, where the transformer includes a first metal layer, a dielectric layer formed on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer formed on the dielectric layer, where the first metal layer, the dielectric layer, and the second layer are patterned to a shape including a first section having a first cross section, a second section following the first section having a cross-section tapering from the first section to a smaller cross-section, and a third section following the second section having a cross-section matching the tapered smaller cross-section of the second section.