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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2014
Applicant:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA (US);
Inventors:
Ho Wai Lee, Pasadena, CA (US);
Stanley Burgos, San Jose, CA (US);
Georgia Papadakis, Pasadena, CA (US);
Harry A. Atwater, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Assignee:
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/035 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G02B 6/1226 (2013.01); G02F 1/011 (2013.01); G02F 1/0356 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02F 2203/10 (2013.01); Y10S 977/932 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plasmonic device having a transparent conducting oxide (TCO) waveguide and a tunable voltage applied across the TCO and a metal layer for modulating an input optical signal.