Patents by Inventor Christopher Thomas Phare

Christopher Thomas Phare 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).

  • Patent number: 11194223
    Abstract: A method of forming an emitting array of waveguides, comprising providing a plurality of waveguides that exhibit different propagation constants so as to ensure that nearby waveguides do not couple evenly over parallel propagation lengths by varying a length in one or more dimensions of respective waveguides, whereby the respective waveguides are phase mismatched with at least their nearest neighbor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Michal Lipson, Christopher Thomas Phare, Moshe Zadka
  • Publication number: 20200225558
    Abstract: A method of forming an emitting array of waveguides, comprising providing a plurality of waveguides that exhibit different propagation constants so as to ensure that nearby waveguides do not couple evenly over parallel propagation lengths by varying a length in one or more dimensions of respective waveguides, whereby the respective waveguides are phasemismatched with at least their nearest neighbor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Michal LIPSON, Christopher Thomas PHARE, Moshe ZADKA
  • Patent number: 10644809
    Abstract: A cryogenic optoelectronic data link, comprising a sending module operating at a cryogenic temperature less than 100 K. An ultrasensitive electro-optic modulator, sensitive to input voltages of less than 10 mV, may include at least one optically active layer of graphene, which may be part of a microscale resonator, which in turn may be integrated with an optical waveguide or an optical fiber. The optoelectronic data link enables optical output of weak electrical signals from superconducting or other cryogenic electronic devices in either digital or analog form. The modulator may be integrated on the same chip as the cryogenic electrical devices. A plurality of cryogenic electrical devices may generate a plurality of electrical signals, each coupled to its own modulator. The plurality of modulators may be resonant at different frequencies, and coupled to a common optical output line to transmit a combined wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: SeeQC Inc.
    Inventors: Igor V. Vernik, Oleg A. Mukhanov, Alan M. Kadin, Christopher Thomas Phare, Michal Lipson, Keren Bergman
  • Patent number: 10097281
    Abstract: A cryogenic optoelectronic data link, comprising a sending module operating at a cryogenic temperature less than 100 K. An ultrasensitive electro-optic modulator, sensitive to input voltages of less than 10 mV, may include at least one optically active layer of graphene, which may be part of a microscale resonator, which in turn may be integrated with an optical waveguide or an optical fiber. The optoelectronic data link enables optical output of weak electrical signals from superconducting or other cryogenic electronic devices in either digital or analog form. The modulator may be integrated on the same chip as the cryogenic electrical devices. A plurality of cryogenic electrical devices may generate a plurality of electrical signals, each coupled to its own modulator. The plurality of modulators may be resonant at different frequencies, and coupled to a common optical output line to transmit a combined wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: Hypres, Inc., Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University, The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Igor V. Vernik, Oleg A. Mukhanov, Alan M. Kadin, Christopher Thomas Phare, Michal Lipson, Keren Bergman