Patents Assigned to Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
  • Patent number: 10732350
    Abstract: A plasmonic device comprising an odd number of at least three input waveguides and at least one output waveguide is disclosed. In one aspect, the waveguides are adapted for guiding a surface plasmon polariton wave and the input waveguides are connected to the output waveguide at a waveguide junction. The inserted SPP waves have a phase at the waveguide junction which is either a first phase or a second phase. The second phase is shifted over ? with regard to the first phase and a combined SPP wave at the waveguide junction has a resulting phase wherein the dimensions of the waveguides are such that for different combinations of phases of the inserted waves the combined waves are phase aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: IMEC vzw, Katholiek Universiteit Leuven
    Inventors: Odysseas Zografos, Francky Catthoor, Sourav Dutta, Azad Naeemi