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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
Michael R. Bockstaller, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Lisa M. Porter, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Sudarshan Narayanan, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Jihoon Choi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one aspect, a photonic band gap (PBG) structure comprises: a first conducting layer; a second conducting layer; and a nanocomposite layer between the first conducting layer and the second conducting layer, the nanocomposite layer comprising one or more composite materials and one or more nanoparticles dispersed within the one or more composite materials, with the one or more composite materials comprising a material that is optically transparent.