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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2014
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersbrug, MD (US);
Zeeshan Ahmed, Annandale, VA (US);
Steve Semancik, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Jacob M Taylor, Washington, DC (US);
Jingyun Fan, Rockville, MD (US);
Mohammad Hafezi, Washington, DC (US);
Haitan Xu, College Park, MD (US);
Gregory Strouse, Frederick, MD (US);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A thermometer includes a substrate; an optical resonator disposed on the substrate and including an optical resonance, the optical resonator being configured to receive a resonant frequency corresponding to the optical resonance; and a waveguide disposed on the substrate proximate to the optical resonator to receive input light, to communicate the resonant frequency to the optical resonator, and to transmit output light; wherein an aperture is interposed between: the substrate and the optical resonator, the substrate and the waveguide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and the thermometer is configured to change the optical resonance in response to a change in temperature of the optical resonator.