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Title: High quality factor non-uniform metasurfaces

Abstract

High quality factor electromagnetic metasurfaces are provided. The metasurface is configured to have in plane guided-mode resonances (e.g., corresponding to waveguide modes or the like). Coupling features are included in the metasurface that are configured to couple free-space radiation to the guided mode resonances. The resulting structures have a high-Q response to free-space radiation and can be used for various applications, such as beam splitting, beam steering, and beam focusing or defocusing.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1924913
Patent Number(s):
11391866
Application Number:
17/089,384
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University (Stanford, CA)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
DOE Contract Number:  
1641109; FA9550-15-1-0006; SC0019140
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 11/04/2020
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS

Citation Formats

Barton, III, David Russell, Lawrence, Mark, Dionne, Jennifer A., and Dixon, Jefferson. High quality factor non-uniform metasurfaces. United States: N. p., 2022. Web.
Barton, III, David Russell, Lawrence, Mark, Dionne, Jennifer A., & Dixon, Jefferson. High quality factor non-uniform metasurfaces. United States.
Barton, III, David Russell, Lawrence, Mark, Dionne, Jennifer A., and Dixon, Jefferson. Tue . "High quality factor non-uniform metasurfaces". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1924913.
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