Patents by Inventor Lechen YANG

Lechen YANG 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: 12531394
    Abstract: A two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity, a design method thereof and an application in a laser. The two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity comprises multiple photonic crystal supercells, the multiple photonic crystal supercells having vortex-shaped structural variation around a center of the two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity, and bands of the multiple photonic crystal supercells having Dirac points at balance positions of the vortex-shaped structural variation. The two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity, also called the Dirac vortex cavity, is characterized by having large mode field area, large free spectral range, narrow beam divergence angle, arbitrary mode degeneracy and compatibility with plurality of types of substrate material, and may be used in a surface-emitting semiconductor laser, enabling stable single-transverse-mode and single-longitudinal-mode operation, while ensuring broad-area and high-power output of a laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Ling Lu, Lechen Yang, Xiaomei Gao
  • Publication number: 20250350094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a surface-emitting laser module integrated with a metalens, and an electronic device and a laser coupling system comprising the surface-emitting laser module. According to an embodiment, a surface-emitting laser module may comprises: a surface-emitting laser comprising a photonic crystal surface-emitting laser or a topological cavity surface-emitting laser, the surface-emitting laser having a light-emitting surface; and a metalens integrated at the light-emitting surface of the surface-emitting laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2025
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Inventors: Ling LU, Yan Li, Zongliang LI, Tianwei Zheng, Guangrui LI, Lechen Yang
  • Publication number: 20220385038
    Abstract: A two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity, a design method thereof and an application in a laser. The two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity comprises multiple photonic crystal supercells, the multiple photonic crystal supercells having vortex-shaped structural variation around a center of the two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity, and bands of the multiple photonic crystal supercells having Dirac points at balance positions of the vortex-shaped structural variation. The two-dimensional topological photonic crystal cavity, also called the Dirac vortex cavity, is characterized by having large mode field area, large free spectral range, narrow beam divergence angle, arbitrary mode degeneracy and compatibility with plurality of types of substrate material, and may be used in a surface-emitting semiconductor laser, enabling stable single-transverse-mode and single-longitudinal-mode operation, while ensuring broad-area and high-power output of a laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Ling LU, Lechen YANG, Xiaomei GAO