Patents by Inventor Lene Vestergaard Hau

Lene Vestergaard Hau 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: 10625250
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to photocatalytic systems comprising graphene and associated methods. Some embodiments are directed to systems comprising one or more layers of graphene having a first surface and a second, opposed surface. A light-absorbing complex may be associated with the first surface of the one or more graphene layers, and an electron donor complex may be associated with the light-absorbing complex. A catalytic complex may be associated with the first surface or the second surface of the one or more graphene layers. For example, the catalytic complex may catalyze the formation of hydrogen gas, NADH, and/or NADPH.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: Lene Vestergaard Hau
  • Publication number: 20170021344
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to photocatalytic systems comprising graphene and associated methods. Some embodiments are directed to systems comprising one or more layers of graphene having a first surface and a second, opposed surface. A light-absorbing complex may be associated with the first surface of the one or more graphene layers, and an electron donor complex may be associated with the light-absorbing complex. A catalytic complex may be associated with the first surface or the second surface of the one or more graphene layers. For example, the catalytic complex may catalyze the formation of hydrogen gas, NADH, and/or NADPH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 26, 2017
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: Lene Vestergaard Hau
  • Patent number: 8299419
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for generating atomic traps, and for storing, controlling and transferring information between first and second spatially separated phase-coherent objects, or using a single phase-coherent object. For plural objects, both phase-coherent objects have a macroscopic occupation of a particular quantum state by identical bosons or identical BCS-paired fermions. The information may be optical information, and the phase-coherent object(s) may be Bose-Einstein condensates, superfluids, or superconductors. The information is stored in the first phase-coherent object at a first storage time and recovered from the second phase-coherent object, or the same first phase-coherent object, at a second revival time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: Lene Vestergaard Hau
  • Publication number: 20100012827
    Abstract: Methods, systems and apparatus for generating atomic traps, and for storing, controlling and transferring information between first and second spatially separated phase-coherent objects, or using a single phase-coherent object. For plural objects, both phase-coherent objects have a macroscopic occupation of a particular quantum state by identical bosons or identical BCS-paired fermions. The information may be optical information, and the phase-coherent object(s) may be Bose-Einstein condensates, superfluids, or superconductors. The information is stored in the first phase-coherent object at a first storage time and recovered from the second phase-coherent object, or the same first phase-coherent object, at a second revival time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: President and Fellows of Harvard College
    Inventor: Lene Vestergaard Hau
  • Patent number: 7031585
    Abstract: A photonic crystal structure includes a microcavity (point defect). The photonic crystal structure (or just the microcavity) is doped with materials that exhibit electro-magnetic induced transparency (EIT) so as to increase the non-linear properties of the photonic crystal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Marin Soljacic, John D. Joannopoulos, Lene Vestergaard Hau
  • Publication number: 20040175087
    Abstract: A photonic crystal structure includes a microcavity (point defect). The photonic crystal structure (or just the microcavity) is doped with materials that exhibit electro-magnetic induced transparency (EIT) so as to increase the non-linear properties of the photonic crystal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventors: Marin Soljacic, John D. Joannopoulos, Lene Vestergaard Hau