G02B1/005

Light emitting device, method of fabricating same and method of controlling light emission

A light emitting device, a method of fabricating a light emitting device and a method of controlling light emission. The light emitting device includes a plasmonic structure. The plasmonic structure is configured to have a plurality of localized surface plasmon resonances. The light emitting device also includes a broadband light emitting layer having an emission spectrum substantially overlapping wavelengths of the localized surface plasmon resonances. A spacer layer is disposed between the plasmonic structure and the broadband light emitting layer. A color of light emitted by the broadband light emitting layer is tunable by the localized surface plasmon resonances of the plasmonic structure.

Mode control of photonic crystal fiber based broadband radiation sources

A mode control system and method for controlling an output mode of a broadband radiation source including a photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The mode control system includes at least one detection unit configured to measure one or more parameters of radiation emitted from the broadband radiation source to generate measurement data, and a processing unit configured to evaluate mode purity of the radiation emitted from the broadband radiation source, from the measurement data. Based on the evaluation, the mode control system is configured to generate a control signal for optimization of one or more pump coupling conditions of the broadband radiation source. The one or more pump coupling conditions relate to the coupling of a pump laser beam with respect to a fiber core of the photonic crystal fiber.

NANO-PHOTONICS REFLECTOR FOR LED EMITTERS
20230197894 · 2023-06-22 · ·

A system, method and device for use as a reflector for a light emitting diode (LED) are disclosed. The system, method and device include a first layer designed to reflect transverse-electric (TE) radiation emitted by the LED, a second layer designed to block transverse-magnetic (TM) radiation emitted from the LED, and a plurality of ITO layers designed to operate as a transparent conducting oxide layer. The first layer may be a one-dimension (1D) distributed Bragg reflective (DBR) layer. The second layer may be a two-dimension (2D) photonic crystal (PhC), a three-dimension (3D) PhC, and/or a hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM). The 2D PhC may include horizontal cylinder bars, vertical cylinder bars, or both. The system, method and device may include a bottom metal reflector that may be Ag free and may act as a bonding layer.

OFFLOADED DATA PROCESSING FOR NAMED BASED DATA TRANSMISSIONS

A device may include a processor that includes a named data network (NDN) forwarding daemon (NFD) module. The NFD module may be configured to identify an accelerator on which to configure an offloaded NFD module based on a configuration table indicating a current configuration of the accelerator. The NFD module may be configured to configure the offloaded NFD module on the identified accelerator. The NFD module may be configured to receive an interest packet that includes a workload request. The interest packet may be configured according to an NDN protocol. The NFD module may be configured to determine that the offloaded NFD module is configured to perform the workload request using the identified accelerator based on the configuration table. The NFD module may be configured to offload, via an application programming interface, the workload request to the offloaded NFD module to perform the workload request using the identified accelerator.

METHOD FOR PREPARING A STACK OF DIELECTRIC LAYERS ON A SUBSTRATE

A method for preparing a stack of dielectric layer on a substrate. A substrate is provided and a first layer of liquid is printed onto a surface of the substrate. A first dielectric layer is formed by solidifying the first layer of liquid and a second layer of liquid is printed onto the first dielectric layer. A second dielectric layer is formed by solidifying the second layer of liquid. The liquid includes dielectric constituents and the liquid is printed such that droplets having a volume of less than one hundred nanoliters are locally deposited per square millimeter on the surface of the substrate.

STRUCTURES FOR PHYSICAL UNCLONABLE FUNCTION USING SPONTANEOUS CHIRAL SYMMETRY BREAKING AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME
20230193134 · 2023-06-22 ·

The present invention relates to a structure for a physical unclonable function using spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking and a method of preparing the same, in which a chiral random pattern, which is unclonable and is observable with an optical microscope and a mobile phone camera, is formed using chiral photonic crystals in which chiral symmetry breaking occurs and is applied to a physical unclonable function (PUF), thereby attaining high encoding capacity, high recognition rate, and security while achieving high performance in reproducibility, uniqueness, unpredictability, and reconfigurability, and forming a desired pattern through a conventional photolithography method.

Surface-enhanced raman scattering biosensor
11513077 · 2022-11-29 ·

A general purpose sensor architecture integrating a surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate, a diffractive laser beam delivery substrate and a diffractive infrared detection substrate is provided that can be used to implement a low-cost, compact lab-on-a-chip biosensor that can meet the needs of large-scale infectious disease testing. The sensor architecture can also be used in any other application in which molecules present in the liquid, gaseous or solid phases need to be characterized reliably, cost-effectively and with minimal intervention by highly skilled personnel.

Systems and methods for an improved camera system using directional optics to estimate depth

System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to a camera system. In one embodiment, the camera system includes a lens to receive light associated with an object and a first component, operatively connected to the lens, that inverts the light. The camera system also includes a second component, operatively connected to the first component, that resolves an angle of the light. A detector array, operatively connected to the second component, senses the light using a pixel to form an image to estimate depth of the object.

Dynamic security device

A security device that exhibits at least one dynamic response upon change of orientation of the security device with respect to gravity, wherein the security device includes a hollow capsule completely filled with a liquid and one or more microscopic elements. In addition, the dynamic response continues after cessation of the change of orientation with respect to gravity. The dynamic response includes a transition of the one or more microscopic elements from substantial mechanical equilibrium to non-equilibrium upon action of the change of orientation with respect to gravity and back to substantial mechanical equilibrium after cessation of the change of orientation with respect to gravity. During the dynamic response, the one or more microscopic elements undergo at least one of a rotational motion and a translational motion relative to the liquid.

Optoelectronic device
11677049 · 2023-06-13 · ·

An optoelectronic device, including: light-emitting sources, each light-emitting source being capable of emitting a first radiation at a first wavelength; photoluminescent blocks distributed into first photo-luminescent blocks capable of converting by optical pumping the first radiation into a second radiation at a second wavelength and second photoluminescent blocks capable of converting by optical pumping the first radiation into a third radiation at a third wavelength; and for each photoluminescent block, an optical coupler including a first photonic crystal at least partially surrounding the photoluminescent block and covering, with the photo-luminescent block, one of the light-emitting sources next to the photoluminescent block, the optical coupler being capable of modifying the propagation direction of rays of the first radiation emitted by the light-emitting source to redirect the rays towards the photoluminescent block.