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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Apr. 08, 2011
Applicants:

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);

Inventors:

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);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/02 (2006.01); G02F 1/035 (2006.01); G11B 5/127 (2006.01); G11B 11/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G11B 7/1387 (2012.01); G11B 7/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/1226 (2013.01); Y10T 428/24612 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G11B 7/1387 (2013.01); G11B 7/22 (2013.01);
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.


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