Patents by Inventor Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero
Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10444412Abstract: There is provided an illumination device (100, 150, 200, 300) comprising: a periodic plasmonic antenna array (114), comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (106) arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support surface lattice resonances at a first wavelength, arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in the individual antenna elements; a photon emitter (152) configured to emit photons at the first wavelength, the photon emitter being arranged in close proximity of the plasmonic antenna array such that at least a portion of the emitted photons are emitted by a coupled system comprising said photon emitter and said plasmonic antenna array, wherein the plasmonic antenna array is configured to comprise plasmon resonance modes being out-of plane asymmetric, such that light emitted from the plasmonic antenna array has an anisotropic angle distribution.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2014Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Sunsuke Murai, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Davy Louwers, Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer, Marius Gabriel Ivan, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
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Patent number: 10018751Abstract: There is provided an illumination device (100) comprising: a substrate (104); an optically transmissive first layer (106) arranged on the substrate; a photon emitting layer (108), arranged on the optically transmissive first layer and comprising a photon emitting material configured to receive energy from an energy source and to emit light having a predetermined wavelength; a periodic plasmonic antenna array, arranged on the substrate and embedded within the first layer, and comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (114) arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support a first lattice resonance at the predetermined wavelength, arising from coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in the individual antenna elements to photonic modes supported by the system comprising the plasmonic antenna array and the photon emitting layer, wherein the plasmonic antenna array is configured to comprise plasmon resonance modes such that light emitted from the plasmType: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Jaime Gomez Rivas
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Patent number: 9995460Abstract: There is provided an illumination device comprising: a wavelength converting layer comprising a photon emitting donor configured to absorb energy to reach an excited state, and a photon emitting acceptor; an energy source configured to provide energy to the donor such that the donor reach the excited state; wherein the donor and the acceptor are selected and arranged at a distance from each other such that non-radiative transfer of excitation energy from the donor to the acceptor occur, and wherein the acceptor is configured to emit a photon at a second wavelength after the transfer of energy; the illumination device further comprising a periodic plasmonic antenna array, arranged on the substrate and embedded within the wavelength converting layer, and comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support a first lattice resonance at the second wavelength, arising from coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances iType: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Manuela Lunz, Ke Guo, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Remco Van Brakel
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Patent number: 9982850Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device for emitting a first light at a first wavelength and a wavelength conversion medium arranged to convert at least part of the first light into a second light at a second wavelength. The wavelength conversion medium is disposed between a periodic antenna array and the semiconductor light emitting device. The periodic antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. The periodic antenna array supports surface lattice resonances arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in at least one of the antennas.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Lumileds LLCInventors: Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Abraham Rudolf Balkenende, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Shunsuke Murai
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Publication number: 20170288098Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device for emitting a first light at a first wavelength and a wavelength conversion medium arranged to convert at least part of the first light into a second light at a second wavelength. The wavelength conversion medium is disposed between a periodic antenna array and the semiconductor light emitting device. The periodic antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. The periodic antenna array supports surface lattice resonances arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in at least one of the antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Abraham Rudolf Balkenende, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Shunsuke Murai
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Patent number: 9647182Abstract: There is provided an illumination device (100) comprising an energy source (102) for exciting a photon emitter; a first wavelength conversion layer (104) and a second wavelength conversion layer (106). At least one of the first and second wavelength conversion layer comprises a periodic plasmonic antenna array comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (108). The wavelength converting medium in the wavelength conversion layer in which the antenna array is arranged comprises photon emitters arranged in close proximity of the plasmonic antenna array such that at least a portion of photons emitted from the wavelength conversion layer are emitted by a coupled system comprising the photon emitter and the plasmonic antenna array.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Jaime Gómez Rivas, Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
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Publication number: 20170089546Abstract: There is provided an illumination device comprising: a wavelength converting layer comprising a photon emitting donor configured to absorb energy to reach an excited state, and a photon emitting acceptor; an energy source configured to provide energy to the donor such that the donor reach the excited state; wherein the donor and the acceptor are selected and arranged at a distance from each other such that non-radiative transfer of excitation energy from the donor to the acceptor occur, and wherein the acceptor is configured to emit a photon at a second wavelength after the transfer of energy; the illumination device further comprising a periodic plasmonic antenna array, arranged on the substrate and embedded within the wavelength converting layer, and comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support a first lattice resonance at the second wavelength, arising from coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances iType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2015Publication date: March 30, 2017Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Manuela Lunz, Ke Guo, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Remco Van Brakel
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Publication number: 20170082785Abstract: There is provided an illumination device (100) comprising: a substrate (104); an optically transmissive first layer (106) arranged on the substrate; a photon emitting layer (108), arranged on the optically transmissive first layer and comprising a photon emitting material configured to receive energy from an energy source and to emit light having a predetermined wavelength; a periodic plasmonic antenna array, arranged on the substrate and embedded within the first layer, and comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (114) arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support a first lattice resonance at the predetermined wavelength, arising from coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in the individual antenna elements to photonic modes supported by the system comprising the plasmonic antenna array and the photon emitting layer, wherein the plasmonic antenna array is configured to comprise plasmon resonance modes such that light emitted from the plasmType: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2015Publication date: March 23, 2017Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Jaime Gomez Rivas
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Publication number: 20160363274Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device for emitting a first light at a first wavelength and a wavelength conversion medium arranged to convert at least part of the first light into a second light at a second wavelength. The wavelength conversion medium is disposed between a periodic antenna array and the semiconductor light emitting device. The periodic antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. The periodic antenna array supports surface lattice resonances arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in at least one of the antennas.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2016Publication date: December 15, 2016Inventors: Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Abraham Rudolf Balkenende, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Shunsuke Murai
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Patent number: 9416927Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a semiconductor light emitting device for emitting a first light at a first wavelength and a wavelength conversion medium arranged to convert at least part of the first light into a second light at a second wavelength. The wavelength conversion medium is disposed between a periodic antenna array and the semiconductor light emitting device. The periodic antenna array includes a plurality of antennas. The periodic antenna array supports surface lattice resonances arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in at least one of the antennas.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Abraham Rudolf Balkenende, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Shunsuke Murai
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Publication number: 20160190403Abstract: There is provided an illumination device (100) comprising an energy source (102) for exciting a photon emitter; a first wavelength conversion layer (104) and a second wavelength conversion layer (106). At least one of the first and second wavelength conversion layer comprises a periodic plasmonic antenna array comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (108). The wavelength converting medium in the wavelength conversion layer in which the antenna array is arranged comprises photon emitters arranged in close proximity of the plasmonic antenna array such that at least a portion of photons emitted from the wavelength conversion layer are emitted by a coupled system comprising the photon emitter and the plasmonic antenna array.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2014Publication date: June 30, 2016Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Jaime Gómez Rivas, Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
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Publication number: 20160161644Abstract: There is provided an illumination device (100, 150, 200, 300) comprising: a periodic plasmonic antenna array (114), comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (106) arranged in an antenna array plane, the plasmonic antenna array being configured to support surface lattice resonances at a first wavelength, arising from diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon resonances in the individual antenna elements; a photon emitter (152) configured to emit photons at the first wavelength, the photon emitter being arranged in close proximity of the plasmonic antenna array such that at least a portion of the emitted photons are emitted by a coupled system comprising said photon emitter and said plasmonic antenna array, wherein the plasmonic antenna array is configured to comprise plasmon resonance modes being out-of plane asymmetric, such that light emitted from the plasmonic antenna array has an anisotropic angle distribution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2014Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Sunsuke Murai, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Davy Louwers, Dirk Kornelis Gerhardus De Boer, Marius Gabriel Ivan, Rifat Ata Mustafa Hikmet, Ties Van Bommel
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Publication number: 20160010813Abstract: Proposed is an illumination device (100), comprising a light source (110) such as an LED or a laser diode, a wavelength conversion medium (120) such as a phosphor, and a periodic antenna array (300) made of a highly polarisable material such as a metal. The light source emits primary wavelength light that at least partially is converted in secondary wavelength light by the wavelength conversion medium. The periodic antenna array is positioned in close proximity to the wavelength conversion medium and functions to enhance the efficiency of the absorption and/or emission processes in the wavelength conversion medium through the coupling of the incident primary wavelength light or the emitted secondary light to surface lattice resonances that arise from the diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon polaritons in the individual antennas of the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2015Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: SAID RAHIMZADEH KALALEH RODRIGUEZ, JAIME GOMEZ RIVAS, ABRAHAM RUDOLF BALKENENDE, MARCUS ANTONIUS VERSCHUUREN, GABRIEL SEBASTIAN LOZANO BARBERO, SHUNSUKE MURAI
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Patent number: 9157605Abstract: Proposed is an illumination device (100), comprising a light source (110) such as an LED or a laser diode, a wavelength conversion medium (120) such as a phosphor, and a periodic antenna array (300) made of a highly polarisable material such as a metal. The light source emits primary wavelength light that at least partially is converted in secondary wavelength light by the wavelength conversion medium. The periodic antenna array is positioned in close proximity to the wavelength conversion medium and functions to enhance the efficiency of the absorption and/or emission processes in the wavelength conversion medium through the coupling of the incident primary wavelength light or the emitted secondary light to surface lattice resonances that arise from the diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon polaritons in the individual antennas of the array.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2012Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Said Rahimzadeh Kalaeh Rodriguez, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Abraham Rudolf Balkenende, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Shunsuke Murai
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Publication number: 20130286633Abstract: Proposed is an illumination device (100), comprising a light source (110) such as an LED or a laser diode, a wavelength conversion medium (120) such as a phosphor, and a periodic antenna array (300) made of a highly polarisable material such as a metal. The light source emits primary wavelength light that at least partially is converted in secondary wavelength light by the wavelength conversion medium. The periodic antenna array is positioned in close proximity to the wavelength conversion medium and functions to enhance the efficiency of the absorption and/or emission processes in the wavelength conversion medium through the coupling of the incident primary wavelength light or the emitted secondary light to surface lattice resonances that arise from the diffractive coupling of localized surface plasmon polaritons in the individual antennas of the array.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2012Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Said Rahimzadeh Kalaleh Rodriguez, Jaime Gomez Rivas, Abraham Rudolf Balkenende, Marcus Antonius Verschuuren, Gabriel Sebastian Lozano Barbero, Shunsuke Murai