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Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100040322 | INTEGRATED ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING - An electro-optic polymer semiconductor integrated circuit includes one or more doped regions configured to drive one or more electrodes, and the electrodes are configured to drive a juxtaposed electro-optic core. The assembly may include a planarization layer disposed at least partially coplanar with the electrodes. The circuit may include an integrated multiplexer, driver configured to receive a signal from the multiplexer, at least one high speed electrode configured to be driven by the driver and modulate light energy passed through a hyperpolarizable poled chromophore regions disposed near the high speed electrode. The circuit may include a calibration storage circuit. The circuit may include, during fabrication, structures to provide voltage to a buried electrode and a shield to prevent damage from the poling field. | 02-18-2010 |
20090231678 | ELECTRO-OPTIC CHROMOPHORE HAVING AN EDOT STRUCTURE, AND RELATED METHODS AND APPARATUSES - In various embodiments, chromophores are described that include novel election acceptors, novel electron donors, and/or novel conjugated bridges that are useful in nonlinear optical applications. In some embodiments, the present invention provides chromophore architectures wherein a chromophore contains more than one electron acceptor in electronic communication with a single election donor, and/or more than one electron donor in electronic communication with a single electron acceptor. Also described is processes for providing materials comprising the novel chromophores and polymer matrices containing the novel chromophores. Electro-optic devices described herein contain one or more of the described electron acceptors, electron donors, conjugated bridges, or chromophores. | 09-17-2009 |
20090137772 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL CHROMOPHORES WITH STABILIZING SUBSTITUENT AND ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICES - According to an embodiment, a nonlinear optical chromophore includes the structure D-π-A, wherein D is a donor, π is a π-bridge, and A is an acceptor, and wherein at least one of D, π, or A is covalently attached to a substituent group including a substituent center that is directly bonded to at least three aryl groups. | 05-28-2009 |
20090093067 | METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SPR MICROARRAYS - An article, process, and method for surface plasmon resonance plates are described. A substrate is covered with a thin metal film onto which a second thin metal film is deposited. The surface of the second thin metal film is converted to the metal oxide which is used to covalently bond organosilanes to the surface. Reactive organosilanes containing terminal bonding groups are arranged in a plurality of spots that are surrounded by inert organosilanes. Biomolecule attachment to the binding group is detected or measured from surface plasmon signals from the first thin metal film. | 04-09-2009 |
20080298737 | Integrated Resistor Fabrication Method and Optical Devices Therefrom - In one aspect, a process comprises: a) fabricating polymer layers embedding an electro-optic polymer waveguide; b) fabricating a high speed electrode and a ground electrode, wherein the high speed electrode and ground electrode are positioned to control the electro-optic polymer waveguide; and c) fabricating a resistor at a predetermined location along the high speed electrode. | 12-04-2008 |
20080298736 | Broadband Electro-Optic Polymer Modulators With Integrated Resistors - In one aspect, an electro-optic device comprises: a) a high speed electrode; b) a ground electrode; c) polymer layers embedding an electro-optic polymer waveguide; and d) at least one integrated resistor in electrical contact with the high speed electrode and the ground electrode, wherein the high speed electrode and the ground electrode are positioned to control light in the electro-optic polymer waveguide. | 12-04-2008 |
20080290066 | Method of Fabricating Polymer Modulators With Etch Stop Clads - A process that comprises dry etching a trench into a side clad polymer layer using an underlying passive polymer layer as an etch stop, and then back filling the trench with an electro-optic polymer. | 11-27-2008 |
20080267571 | Electro-optic Polymer Devices with Semiconducting Oligomer Clads - An electro-optic waveguide device comprising an electro-optic polymer core and at least one crosslinked polymer clad, wherein the crosslinked polymer clad is comprised of a first constitutional unit derived from a compound having the formula | 10-30-2008 |