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Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Robert Magnusson, Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);

Debra D. Wawro, Paradise, TX (US);

Inventors:

Robert Magnusson, Storrs Mansfield, CT (US);

Debra D. Wawro, Paradise, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01N 21/25 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/7743 (2013.01); G01N 21/253 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7776 (2013.01);
Abstract

A guided mode resonance (GMR) sensor assembly and system are provided. The GMR sensor includes a waveguide structure configured for operation at or near one or more leaky modes, a receiver for input light from a source of light onto the waveguide structure to cause one or more leaky TE and TM resonant modes and a detector for changes in one or more of the phase, waveshape and/or magnitude of each of a TE resonance and a TM resonance to permit distinguishing between first and second physical states of said waveguide structure or its immediate environment.


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