Patents by Inventor P. Craig Taylor

P. Craig Taylor 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 switching system and method
    Patent number: 5097357
    Abstract: An optically bistable device is disclosed. The device includes a uniformly thick layer of amorphous silicon to constitute a Fabry-Perot chamber positioned to provide a target area for a probe beam. The probe beam has a maximum energy less than the energy band gap of the amorphous semiconductor. In a preferred embodiment, a multilayer dielectric mirror is positioned on the Fabry-Perot chamber to increase the finesse of switching of the device. The index of refraction of the amorphous material is thermally altered to alter the transmission of the probe beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1992
    Assignee: University of Utah
    Inventors: Radha Ranganathan, Michael Gal, P. Craig Taylor