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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2014
Applicant:
University Court of the University of St Andrews, St Andrews, GB;
Inventors:
William Whelan-Curtin, Fife, GB;
Kapil Debnath, Fife, GB;
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, St Andrews, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/025 (2006.01); G02F 1/015 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/025 (2013.01); G02F 2001/0156 (2013.01); G02F 2202/105 (2013.01); G02F 2203/10 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device comprising a metal layer on a crystalline silicon substrate, and a waveguide that has a refractive index greater than that of the crystalline silicon, wherein the waveguide is arranged to couple light to a surface plasmon mode at an interface between the silicon substrate and the metal layer when a waveguide mode is phase matched to the surface plasmon mode.
Whelan-Curtin, William. (2017). Optical modulator with plasmon based coupling (U.S. Patent No. 9823498). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9823498
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