Patents by Inventor Philippe Tassin

Philippe Tassin 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).

  • Dispersion management with metamaterials
    Patent number: 9588255
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method to counteract group velocity dispersion in fibers, or any other propagation of electromagnetic signals at any wavelength (microwave, terahertz, optical, etc.) in any other medium. A dispersion compensation step or device based on dispersion-engineered metamaterials is included and avoids the need of a long section of specialty fiber or the need for Bragg gratings (which have insertion loss).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Philippe Tassin, Thomas Koschny, Costas M. Soukoulis