Patents by Inventor Ian B. Burgess

Ian B. Burgess 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).

  • ULTRASENSITIVE DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE USING ELECTROCATALYTIC FLUID DISPLACEMENT (EFD) FOR VISUAL READOUT
    Publication number: 20160281147
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods and systems to detect low-concentration analytes by transducing small electrochemical currents into easily perceived, high-contrast visual changes using a new approach termed electrocatalytic fluid displacement (EFD)
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Justin D. Besant, Jagotamoy Das, Ian B. Burgess, Wenhan Liu, Edward Hartley Sargent, Shana O. Kelley
  • Manipulation of fluids in three-dimensional porous photonic structures with patterned surface properties
    Patent number: 9279771
    Abstract: A three-dimensional porous photonic structure, whose internal pore surfaces can be provided with desired surface properties in a spatially selective manner with arbitrary patterns, and methods for making the same are described. When exposed to a fluid (e.g., via immersion or wicking), the fluid can selectively penetrate the regions of the structure with compatible surface properties. Broad applications, for example in security, encryption and document authentication, as well as in areas such as simple microfluidics and diagnostics, are anticipated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Ian B. Burgess, Lidiya Mishchenko, Benjamin Hatton, Marko Loncar
  • MANIPULATION OF FLUIDS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL POROUS PHOTONIC STRUCTURES WITH PATTERNED SURFACE PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20140017145
    Abstract: A three-dimensional porous photonic structure, whose internal pore surfaces can be provided with desired surface properties in a spatially selective manner with arbitrary patterns, and methods for making the same are described. When exposed to a fluid (e.g., via immersion or wicking), the fluid can selectively penetrate the regions of the structure with compatible surface properties. Broad applications, for example in security, encryption and document authentication, as well as in areas such as simple microfluidics and diagnostics, are anticipated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Joanna Aizenberg, Ian B. Burgess, Lidiya Mishchenko, Benjamin Hatton, Marko Loncar
  • Efficient terahertz sources based on difference-frequency generation in triply-resonant photonic resonators
    Patent number: 8285091
    Abstract: A system for efficient generation of THz radiation is provided that includes a triply-resonant nonlinear photonic resonator coupled to at least one near-infrared (NIR) or optical waveguide and to at least one THz waveguide. The energy traveling through the at least one near-infrared (NIR) or optical waveguide is converted to THz radiation inside the triply-resonant photonic resonator via a nonlinear difference frequency generation (DFG) process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, President & Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventors: Jorge Bravo-Abad, Ian B. Burgess, John D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Marko Loncar, Murray W. McCutcheon, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Marin Soljacic, Yinan Zhang
  • EFFICIENT TERAHERTZ SOURCES BASED ON DIFFERENCE-FREQUENCY GENERATION IN TRIPLY-RESONANT PHOTONIC RESONATORS
    Publication number: 20120194901
    Abstract: A system for efficient generation of THz radiation is provided that includes a triply-resonant nonlinear photonic resonator coupled to at least one near-infrared (NIR) or optical waveguide and to at least one THz waveguide. The energy traveling through the at least one near-infrared (NIR) or optical waveguide is converted to THz radiation inside the triply-resonant photonic resonator via a nonlinear difference frequency generation (DFG) process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Jorge Bravo-Abad, Ian B. Burgess, John D. Joannopoulos, Steven G. Johnson, Marko Loncar, Murray W. McCutcheon, Alejandro W. Rodriguez, Marin Soljacic, Yinan Zhang