Patents by Inventor Juan M. Merlo-Ramirez

Juan M. Merlo-Ramirez 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 LOGIC CIRCUIT DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230350270
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an optical logic circuit device. The optical logic circuit device includes a first input port and a second input port. A symmetric arrangement of waveguides is coupled to the first input port and the second input port. The symmetric arrangement of waveguides having a pair of topologically protected edge states that provide propagation paths through the symmetric arrangement of waveguides. An output port is coupled to the symmetric arrangement of waveguides. Methods of fabricating and using the optical logic circuit device are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: The Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Juan M. Merlo-Ramirez, Michael J. Naughton
  • Wireless communication system via nanoscale plasmonic antennas
    Patent number: 10193638
    Abstract: A nanoscale wireless communication system and device operates via in-plane information transmission between a broadcast plasmonic antenna and a receiver plasmonic antenna which mediates a three-step conversion process (surface plasmon?photon?surface plasmon) with in-plane and in-phase efficiency (plasmon?plasmon) in the free-space excitation wavelength for antenna separations in the far-field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: The Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Michael J. Naughton, Juan M. Merlo-Ramirez
  • Wireless Communication System Via Nanoscale Plasmonic Antennas
    Publication number: 20180097570
    Abstract: A nanoscale wireless communication system and device operates via in-plane information transmission between a broadcast plasmonic antenna and a receiver plasmonic antenna which mediates a three-step conversion process (surface plasmon?photon?surface plasmon) with in-plane and in-phase efficiency (plasmon?plasmon) in the free-space excitation wavelength for antenna separations in the far-field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: The Trustees of Boston College
    Inventors: Michael J. Naughton, Juan M. Merlo-Ramirez