Active optical device enabled by dielectric metamaterials
| Patent Number: | 10,361,250 |
| Issued: | 7/23/2019 |
| Official Filing: | View the Complete Patent |
| Abstract: | An array of dielectric resonators is formed on a substrate. Each resonator includes an active medium having an optical transition that is operative in a process of photodetection or photoemission. The active media each include a quantum well multilayer. The dielectric resonators in the array are each dimensioned to provide a resonance that lies substantially at the frequency of the optical transition. |
| Filed: | 10/10/2018 |
| Application Number: | 16/156,497 |
| Government Interests: | STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST This invention was made with Government support under Contract No. DE-NA0003525 awarded by the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration. The Government has certain rights in the invention. |