Patents by Inventor Adrian Potts

Adrian Potts 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).

  • Optical device
    Publication number: 20050073744
    Abstract: An optical device, in one embodiment, is constituted by a substantially planar first layer, which in this example is a layer of gold, supported by a silicon substrate layer, in the form of a silicon wafer. The gold layer is formed with a pattern of solid shaped elements, in the form of (left-handed) gammadions. The gammadions have a size of between 700 nm and 4? and are arranged in a tiled regular square pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Applicant: University of Southhampton
    Inventors: Nikolay Zheludev, Harry Coles, Darren Bagnall, Adrian Potts, Aris Papakostas