Patents by Inventor Lionel Cooper Kimerling

Lionel Cooper Kimerling 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: 10571335
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a spectral image includes a filter to receive incident light. The filter has a variable refractive index. The apparatus also includes a modulator, operably coupled to the filter, to modulate the variable refractive index of the filter so as to generate a plurality of optical patterns from the incident light. The plurality of optical patterns represents the spectral image and each optical pattern in the plurality of optical patterns corresponds to a different modulation of the variable refractive index. The apparatus further includes a detector, in optical communication with the filter, to detect the plurality of optical patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Juejun Hu, Tian Gu, Kazumi Wada, Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Lionel Cooper Kimerling, Derek Kita, Junying Li, Fleur Jacolien Fok
  • Publication number: 20190285473
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a spectral image includes a filter to receive incident light. The filter has a variable refractive index. The apparatus also includes a modulator, operably coupled to the filter, to modulate the variable refractive index of the filter so as to generate a plurality of optical patterns from the incident light. The plurality of optical patterns represents the spectral image and each optical pattern in the plurality of optical patterns corresponds to a different modulation of the variable refractive index. The apparatus further includes a detector, in optical communication with the filter, to detect the plurality of optical patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Juejun Hu, Tian Gu, Kazumi Wada, Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Lionel Cooper Kimerling, Derek Kita, Junying Li, Fleur Jacolien Fok
  • Publication number: 20190187061
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus includes a light source to transmit a light beam, an input switch, a first sensing element, a second sensing element, and a detector. The input switch receives the light beam and includes a phase change material having a first state and a second state. The first sensing element receives the light beam from the input switch when the phase change material is in the first state and produces a first change in the light beam in response to a presence of a first analyte. The second sensing element receives the light beam from the input switch when the phase change material is in the second state and produces a second change in the light beam in response to a presence of a second analyte. The detector detects the first change and/or the second change in the light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Zhaohong HAN, Jianwei MU, Anuradha Murthy AGARWAL, Pao Tai LIN, Lionel Cooper KIMERLING
  • Patent number: 10240980
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a spectral image includes a filter to receive incident light. The filter has a variable refractive index. The apparatus also includes a modulator, operably coupled to the filter, to modulate the variable refractive index of the filter so as to generate a plurality of optical patterns from the incident light. The plurality of optical patterns represents the spectral image and each optical pattern in the plurality of optical patterns corresponds to a different modulation of the variable refractive index. The apparatus further includes a detector, in optical communication with the filter, to detect the plurality of optical patterns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Juejun Hu, Tian Gu, Kazumi Wada, Anuradha Murthy Agarwal, Lionel Cooper Kimerling, Derek Matthew Kita, Junying Li, Fleur Jacolien Fok
  • Publication number: 20180024072
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus includes a light source to transmit a light beam, an input switch, a first sensing element, a second sensing element, and a detector. The input switch receives the light beam and includes a phase change material having a first state and a second state. The first sensing element receives the light beam from the input switch when the phase change material is in the first state and produces a first change in the light beam in response to a presence of a first analyte. The second sensing element receives the light beam from the input switch when the phase change material is in the second state and produces a second change in the light beam in response to a presence of a second analyte. The detector detects the first change and/or the second change in the light beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Zhaohong HAN, Jianwei MU, Anuradha Murthy AGARWAL, Pao Tai LIN, Lionel Cooper KIMERLING
  • Publication number: 20170299434
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a spectral image includes a filter to receive incident light. The filter has a variable refractive index. The apparatus also includes a modulator, operably coupled to the filter, to modulate the variable refractive index of the filter so as to generate a plurality of optical patterns from the incident light. The plurality of optical patterns represents the spectral image and each optical pattern in the plurality of optical patterns corresponds to a different modulation of the variable refractive index. The apparatus further includes a detector, in optical communication with the filter, to detect the plurality of optical patterns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Juejun Hu, Tian GU, Kazumi WADA, Anuradha Murthy AGARWAL, Lionel Cooper KIMERLING, Derek Matthew KITA, Junying LI, Fleur Jacolien FOK
  • Patent number: 6013556
    Abstract: Crochralski wafers are desirably thermally processed at an elevated temperature prior to integrated circuit fabrication. The thermal processing reduces the number of oxygen nucleation centers and prevents subsequent oxygen precipitation from interfering with iron contamination measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg Sumio Higashi, Mon-Fen Hong, Lionel Cooper Kimerling, Yi Ma