Patents by Inventor Shaochong ZHU

Shaochong ZHU 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: 11774344
    Abstract: The present application discloses a nanoparticle recognition device and method based on detection of scattered light with electric dipole rotation. According to the scattering model of nanoparticles, the in situ detection of particle morphology in an optical trap is realized by the methods of particle suspension control and scattered light detection and separation. Specifically, two linearly polarized laser beams are used, wherein the first laser beam suspends nanoparticles and rotates nanoparticles by adjusting the polarization direction; the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light is unchanged, and scattered light in a specific dipole direction is excited; the change of the polarizability of the nanoparticles is deduced by monitoring the change of the light intensity of the scattered light excited by the second laser beam at the fixed position, so that particle morphology recognition is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: ZHEJIANG LAB, ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Cuihong Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Zhaoxiong He, Shaochong Zhu, Zhiming Chen, Huizhu Hu
  • Patent number: 11605476
    Abstract: A method for enhancing vacuum tolerance of optical levitation particles includes steps of: (1) turning on a trapping laser to form an optical trap, loading the particles to an effective capture region of the optical trap, and collecting scattered light signals; (2) turning on the preheating laser, and directing a preheating laser beam to the captured particles; (3) adjusting a power of the preheating laser until a particle heating rate is larger than a heat dissipation rate; (4) turning on the vacuum pump, and stopping evacuating when a vacuum degree is greater than a vacuum inflection point of a first reduction of the effective capture region of the optical trap; and (5) turning off the preheating laser when the scattered light signals collected by the photodetector no longer changes. The present invention improves a stable capture probability of the particles in high vacuum environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignees: Zhejiang Lab, Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Cuihong Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Yizhou Zhang, Xiaowen Gao, Shaochong Zhu, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20220415534
    Abstract: A method for enhancing vacuum tolerance of optical levitation particles includes steps of: (1) turning on a trapping laser to form an optical trap, loading the particles to an effective capture region of the optical trap, and collecting scattered light signals; (2) turning on the preheating laser, and directing a preheating laser beam to the captured particles; (3) adjusting a power of the preheating laser until a particle heating rate is larger than a heat dissipation rate; (4) turning on the vacuum pump, and stopping evacuating when a vacuum degree is greater than a vacuum inflection point of a first reduction of the effective capture region of the optical trap; and (5) turning off the preheating laser when the scattered light signals collected by the photodetector no longer changes. The present invention improves a stable capture probability of the particles in high vacuum environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Cuihong Li, Yuanyuan Ma, Yizhou Zhang, Xiaowen Gao, Shaochong Zhu, Huizhu Hu
  • Publication number: 20220196539
    Abstract: The present application discloses a nanoparticle recognition device and method based on detection of scattered light with electric dipole rotation. According to the scattering model of nanoparticles, the in situ detection of particle morphology in an optical trap is realized by the methods of particle suspension control and scattered light detection and separation. Specifically, two linearly polarized laser beams are used, wherein the first laser beam suspends nanoparticles and rotates nanoparticles by adjusting the polarization direction; the polarization direction of the second linearly polarized light is unchanged, and scattered light in a specific dipole direction is excited; the change of the polarizability of the nanoparticles is deduced by monitoring the change of the light intensity of the scattered light excited by the second laser beam at the fixed position, so that particle morphology recognition is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Cuihong LI, Yuanyuan MA, Zhaoxiong HE, Shaochong ZHU, Zhiming CHEN, Huizhu HU