Patents by Inventor Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson

Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson 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: 11675107
    Abstract: A see-through reflective optical device includes: a reflective metasurface configured for a targeted design optical wavelength, wherein the reflective metasurface comprises a sub-wavelength periodic arrangement of meta-atoms formed by patterned isolated gap surface plasmon (GSP) resonators, where the patterned isolated GSP resonators comprise a patterned optically thin metal layer for the design wavelength, an optically thick metal layer for the design wavelength, and an insulator layer between the patterned optically thin metal layer and the optically thick metal layer; and an array of apertures of random positions and diameters greater than the targeted design wavelength formed through the reflective metasurface providing a designed percentage of light transparency through the reflective metasurface. The reflective metasurface of the see-through reflective optical device may comprise, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Daniel Nikolov, Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson, Nick Vamivakas, Fei Cheng, Aaron Bauer
  • Publication number: 20220221339
    Abstract: A detector system for Fourier spectroscopy such as a spectral domain optical coherence tomography instrument includes a diffractive optic for diffracting the interfering light into angularly dispersed wavenumbers, a prism for reduces a nonlinear angular dispersion among the wavenumbers, and a focusing optic for converting the angularly dispersed wavenumbers from the prism into spatially distributed wavenumbers along a detector having an array of pixels. A field lens between the focusing optic and the detector has a freeform surface for more evenly distributing the wavenumbers along the array of pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Changsik Yoon, Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson, Aaron Bauer
  • Patent number: 11092425
    Abstract: Optical coherence tomography metrology systems with two highly telecentric objective lenses wherein one or both telecentric objectives can be arranged in a pseudo-bistatic configuration. One featured telecentric objective has a large scanning field of view relevant for broadband laser scanning applications where low uncertainty measurements are desired. Another featured telecentric objective has a large image space NA relevant as a standalone microscope objective or as a probing objective for optical coordinate measurement machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: University of Rochester
    Inventors: Di Xu, Romita Chaudhuri, Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson
  • Publication number: 20200011651
    Abstract: Optical coherence tomography metrology systems with two highly telecentric objective lenses wherein one or both telecentric objectives can be arranged in a pseudo-bistatic configuration. One featured telecentric objective has a large scanning field of view relevant for broadband laser scanning applications where low uncertainty measurements are desired. Another featured telecentric objective has a large image space NA relevant as a standalone microscope objective or as a probing objective for optical coordinate measurement machines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Di Xu, Romita Chaudhuri, Jannick P. Rolland-Thompson