Patents by Inventor Elaine M. BEHYMER

Elaine M. BEHYMER 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).

  • Plasmon resonant cavities in vertical nanowire arrays
    Patent number: 8780439
    Abstract: Tunable plasmon resonant cavity arrays in paired parallel nanowire waveguides are presented. Resonances can be observed when the waveguide length is an odd multiple of quarter plasmon wavelengths, consistent with boundary conditions of node and antinode at the ends. Two nanowire waveguides can satisfy the dispersion relation of a planar metal-dielectric-metal waveguide of equivalent width equal to the square field average weighted gap. Confinement factors of over 103 are possible due to plasmon focusing in the inter-wire space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC
    Inventors: Mihail Bora, Tiziana C. Bond, Benjamin J. Fasenfest, Elaine M. Behymer
  • PLASMON RESONANT CAVITIES IN VERTICAL NANOWIRE ARRAYS
    Publication number: 20120224255
    Abstract: Tunable plasmon resonant cavity arrays in paired parallel nanowire waveguides are presented. Resonances can be observed when the waveguide length is an odd multiple of quarter plasmon wavelengths, consistent with boundary conditions of node and antinode at the ends. Two nanowire waveguides can satisfy the dispersion relation of a planar metal-dielectric-metal waveguide of equivalent width equal to the square field average weighted gap. Confinement factors of over 103 are possible due to plasmon focusing in the inter-wire space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 6, 2012
    Inventors: Mihail BORA, Tiziana C. BOND, Benjamin J. FASENFEST, Elaine M. BEHYMER