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Nanoribbon Subwavelength Optical Waveguides

Technology Application

Optical probesOptoelectronic circuitsOptical interconnectsNanoscale detectorsExascale computing

Detailed Technology Description

None

Application No.

8280214

Others

Tech ID/UC Case

17400/2004-093-0

Related Cases

2004-093-0

*Abstract

Chemically synthesized nanowires represent a unique class of building blocks for the construction of nanoscale electronic and optoelectronic devices. Since nanowire synthesis and device assembly are typically separate processes, nanowires permit more flexibility in the heterogeneous integration of different materials than standard silicon technology allows. The ability to manipulate pulses of light within sub-micron spaces is vital for highly integrated light-based devices, such as optical computers, to be realized. Recent advances in using photonic bandgap and plasmonic phenomena to control the flow of light are impressive in this regard. However, both of these approaches typically rely on difficult and costly lithographic processes for device fabrication and are in early stages of understanding and development. To address this problem, researcher at UC Berkeley have created nanoribbons and nanowires having diameters less than the wavelength of light and developed nanostructures therefrom which function as subwavelength optical waveguides.

*Applications

• Optical probes
• Optoelectronic circuits
• Optical interconnects
• Nanoscale detectors
• Exascale computing

*IP Issue Date

Oct 2, 2012

*Principal Investigator

Name: Rong Fan

Department:

Name: Justin Johnson

Department:

Name: Matthew Law

Department:

Name: Richard Saykally

Department:

Name: Donald Sirbuly

Department:

Name: Andrea Tao

Department:

Name: Peidong Yang

Department:

Country/Region

USA