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Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015

Filed:

May. 26, 2011
Applicants:

Yunbo Guo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Theodore B. Norris, Dexter, MI (US);

James R. Baker, Ann Arbor, MA (US);

Lingjie Jay Guo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Nils G. Walter, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Yunbo Guo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Theodore B. Norris, Dexter, MI (US);

James R. Baker, Ann Arbor, MA (US);

Lingjie Jay Guo, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Nils G. Walter, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 1/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G02B 1/005 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); Y10S 977/70 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photonic crystal-metallic (PCM) structure receives an input light signal from a light source. The PCM structure includes a metal structure and a photonic crystal structure disposed adjacent the metal structure. The photonic crystal structure is configured to receive the input light signal such that the input light signal excites surface plasmons of the metallic structure and such that the input light signal is internally reflected within the photonic crystal structure.


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