Patents by Inventor STEVE SEMANCIK

STEVE SEMANCIK 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 temperature sensor and use of same
    Patent number: 9726553
    Abstract: A thermometer includes a substrate; an optical resonator disposed on the substrate and including an optical resonance, the optical resonator being configured to receive a resonant frequency corresponding to the optical resonance; and a waveguide disposed on the substrate proximate to the optical resonator to receive input light, to communicate the resonant frequency to the optical resonator, and to transmit output light; wherein an aperture is interposed between: the substrate and the optical resonator, the substrate and the waveguide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and the thermometer is configured to change the optical resonance in response to a change in temperature of the optical resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Commerce
    Inventors: Zeeshan Ahmed, Steve Semancik, Jacob M Taylor, Jingyun Fan, Mohammad Hafezi, Haitan Xu, Gregory Strouse
  • OPTICAL TEMPERATURE SENSOR AND USE OF SAME
    Publication number: 20140321502
    Abstract: A thermometer includes a substrate; an optical resonator disposed on the substrate and including an optical resonance, the optical resonator being configured to receive a resonant frequency corresponding to the optical resonance; and a waveguide disposed on the substrate proximate to the optical resonator to receive input light, to communicate the resonant frequency to the optical resonator, and to transmit output light; wherein an aperture is interposed between: the substrate and the optical resonator, the substrate and the waveguide, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing, and the thermometer is configured to change the optical resonance in response to a change in temperature of the optical resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: ZEESHAN AHMED, STEVE SEMANCIK, JACOB M. TAYLOR, JINGYUN FAN, MOHAMMAD HAFEZI, HAITAN XU, GREGORY STROUSE