Patents by Inventor Steffen Michaelis

Steffen Michaelis 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: 8963997
    Abstract: A laser scanner device having a laser beam emission apparatus which is designed to emit at least one laser beam in an emission area, and a mirror arranged at least partially in the emission area, and having a receiving apparatus which is designed to receive reflections of the laser beam, includes a first drive device which can move a first kinematic chain, and a second drive device which can move a second kinematic chain. The is connected to the first and to the second kinematic chain and can be scanned in mutually independent coordinate directions (X, Y) via the first and the second kinematic chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft-und Raumfahrt E.V.
    Inventors: Steffen Michaelis, Stefan Krause
  • Patent number: 8957445
    Abstract: A light source or sensor including: a stack of dielectric or semiconductive layers includes an alternation in a vertical direction of layers of high refractive index and of low refractive index forming an interference mirror, and presenting a top layer of high refractive index; at least one first metal pellet deposited or transferred on the top layer of the stack of layers to form a structure supporting a first Tamm plasmon mode that is spatially localized in at least one lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction; and at least one light emitter or detector arranged inside the stack of layers under the metal pellet and at a depth corresponding to a local maximum of the electric field of the Tamm plasmon mode to emit or detect radiation at the resonant wavelength thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon 1
    Inventors: Pascale Senellart, Aristide Lemaitre, Steffen Michaelis De Vasconcellos, Olivier Gazzano, Joel Bellessa, Olivier Daniel
  • Publication number: 20130270596
    Abstract: A light source or sensor including: a stack of dielectric or semiconductive layers includes an alternation in a vertical direction of layers of high refractive index and of low refractive index forming an interference mirror, and presenting a top layer of high refractive index; at least one first metal pellet deposited or transferred on the top layer of the stack of layers to form a structure supporting a first Tamm plasmon mode that is spatially localized in at least one lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction; and at least one light emitter or detector arranged inside the stack of layers under the metal pellet and at a depth corresponding to a local maximum of the electric field of the Tamm plasmon mode to emit or detect radiation at the resonant wavelength thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicants: Universite Claude Bernard-Lyon 1, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique
    Inventors: Pascale Senellart, Aristide Lemaitre, Steffen Michaelis De Vasconcellos, Olivier Gazzano, Joel Bellessa, Olivier Daniel
  • Publication number: 20120044326
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laser scanner device (1) having a laser beam emission apparatus (2) which is designed to emit at least one laser beam (3) in an emission area, having a mirror (4), which is arranged at least partially in the emission area, and having a receiving apparatus which is designed to receive reflections of the laser beam (3). The laser scanner device (1) has a first drive device (10, 40), a first kinematic chain (11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 42) which can be moved by the first drive device (10, 40), a second drive device (20, 41) and a second kinematic chain (21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 43) which can be moved by the second drive device (20, 41), wherein the mirror (4) is connected to the first and to the second kinematic chain and can be scanned in mutually independent coordinate directions (X, Y) via the first and the second kinematic chain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventors: Steffen Michaelis, Stefan Krause