Metal nanoparticle photonic bandgap device in SOI method
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1. A method, comprising:
- providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer over an insulator layer;
operatively coupling said substrate to a photonic bandgap structure having at least one period, wherein said photonic bandgap structure is adapted to receive and output light along a predetermined path; and
operatively coupling said photonic bandgap structure and said substrate to a metal nanoparticle structure comprising at least three metal nanoparticles having spherical shapes of different radii, wherein said at least three metal nanoparticles are adapted to receive and amplify light rays and output amplified light.
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Abstract
A Metal Nanoparticle Photonic Bandgap Device in SOI Method (NC#098884). The method includes providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer over an insulator layer, operatively coupling the substrate to a photonic bandgap structure having at least one period, wherein the photonic bandgap structure is adapted to receive and output light along a predetermined path, and operatively coupling the photonic bandgap structure and the substrate to a metal nanoparticle structure comprising at least three metal nanoparticles having spherical shapes of different radii, wherein the at least three metal nanoparticles are adapted to receive and amplify light rays and output amplified light.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer over an insulator layer; operatively coupling said substrate to a photonic bandgap structure having at least one period, wherein said photonic bandgap structure is adapted to receive and output light along a predetermined path; and operatively coupling said photonic bandgap structure and said substrate to a metal nanoparticle structure comprising at least three metal nanoparticles having spherical shapes of different radii, wherein said at least three metal nanoparticles are adapted to receive and amplify light rays and output amplified light. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method, comprising:
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providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer over an insulator layer; operatively coupling said substrate to a photonic bandgap structure having at least one period, wherein said photonic bandgap structure is adapted to receive and output light along a predetermined path; operatively coupling said photonic bandgap structure and said substrate to a metal nanoparticle structure comprising at least three metal nanoparticles having spherical shapes of different radii, wherein said at least three metal nanoparticles are adapted to receive and amplify light rays and output amplified light; and operatively coupling said photonic bandgap structure and said substrate to at least one electronic component adapted to receive amplified light. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method, comprising:
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providing a substrate having a semiconductor layer over an insulator layer; operatively coupling said substrate to a photonic bandgap structure having at least one period, wherein said photonic bandgap structure is adapted to receive and output light along a predetermined path; forming a metal nanoparticle structure by operatively coupling a light-transparent medium adapted to receive light rays and output light to at least three metal nanoparticles having spherical shapes of different radii, wherein said at least three metal nanoparticles are adapted to receive and amplify light rays and output amplified light; operatively coupling said photonic bandgap structure and said substrate to said metal nanoparticle structure; and operatively coupling said photonic bandgap structure and said substrate to at least one electronic component adapted to receive amplified light.
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