Patents by Inventor Steven Glenn Johnson

Steven Glenn Johnson 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).

  • Publication number: 20240152669
    Abstract: Surrogate training can include receiving a parameterization of a physical system, where the physical system includes real physical components and the parameterization having corresponding target property in the physical system. The parameterization can be input into a neural network, where the neural network generates a different dimensional parameterization based on the input parameterization. The different dimensional parameterization can be input to a physical model that approximates the physical system. The physical model can be run using the different dimensional parameterization, where the physical model generates an output solution based on the different dimensional parameterization input to the physical model. Based on the output solution and the target property, the neural network can be trained to generate the different dimensional parameterization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Raphael Pestourie, Youssef Mroueh, Payel Das, Steven Glenn Johnson, Christopher Vincent Rackauckas
  • Publication number: 20230071046
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide computer-implemented methods, computer program products and computer systems. Embodiments of the present invention can, in response to receiving parameters associated with a problem, train at least one generated data model to evaluate an estimation of a solution for the problem. Embodiments of the present invention can then generate an uncertainty quantification measure associated with an estimation of error for the at least one generated data model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Raphaël Pestourie, Youssef Mroueh, Payel Das, Steven Glenn Johnson
  • Patent number: 11579363
    Abstract: An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar Luneburg lens that collimates beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes a curved (e.g., semi-circular or arced) grating coupler that diffracts the collimated beams out of the lens plane. The beams can be steered in the plane by controlling the direction along which the lens is illuminated and out of the plane by varying the beam wavelength. Unlike other beam steering devices, this device can operate over an extremely wide field of view—up to 180°—without any aberrations off boresight. In other words, the beam quality is uniform in all directions, unlike with aplanatic lenses, thanks to the circular symmetry of the planar Luneburg lens, which may be composed of subwavelength features. The lens is also robust to misalignment and fabrication imperfections and can be made using standard CMOS processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Josue Lopez, Samuel Kim, Jamison Sloan, Boris Kharas, Jeffrey Scott Herd, Marin Soljacic, Cheryl Marie Sorace-Agaskar, Suraj Deepak Bramhavar, Steven Glenn Johnson, George Barbastathis
  • Publication number: 20220057573
    Abstract: An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar Luneburg lens that collimates beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes a curved (e.g., semi-circular or arced) grating coupler that diffracts the collimated beams out of the lens plane. The beams can be steered in the plane by controlling the direction along which the lens is illuminated and out of the plane by varying the beam wavelength. Unlike other beam steering devices, this device can operate over an extremely wide field of view—up to 180°—without any aberrations off boresight. In other words, the beam quality is uniform in all directions, unlike with aplanatic lenses, thanks to the circular symmetry of the planar Luneburg lens, which may be composed of subwavelength features. The lens is also robust to misalignment and fabrication imperfections and can be made using standard CMOS processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Josue Lopez, Samuel Kim, Jamison Sloan, Boris KHARAS, Jeffrey Scott HERD, Marin SOLJACIC, Cheryl Marie SORACE-AGASKAR, Suraj Deepak BRAMHAVAR, Steven Glenn JOHNSON, George BARBASTATHIS
  • Patent number: 11163116
    Abstract: An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar Luneburg lens that collimates beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes a curved (e.g., semi-circular or arced) grating coupler that diffracts the collimated beams out of the lens plane. The beams can be steered in the plane by controlling the direction along which the lens is illuminated and out of the plane by varying the beam wavelength. Unlike other beam steering devices, this device can operate over an extremely wide field of view—up to 180°—without any aberrations off boresight. In other words, the beam quality is uniform in all directions, unlike with aplanatic lenses, thanks to the circular symmetry of the planar Luneburg lens, which may be composed of subwavelength features. The lens is also robust to misalignment and fabrication imperfections and can be made using standard CMOS processes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Josue Lopez, Samuel Kim, Jamison Sloan, Boris Kharas, Jeffrey Scott Herd, Marin Soljacic, Cheryl Marie Sorace-Agaskar, Suraj Deepak Bramhavar, Steven Glenn Johnson, George Barbastathis
  • Publication number: 20200348466
    Abstract: An integrated optical beam steering device includes a planar Luneburg lens that collimates beams from different inputs in different directions within the lens plane. It also includes a curved (e.g., semi-circular or arced) grating coupler that diffracts the collimated beams out of the lens plane. The beams can be steered in the plane by controlling the direction along which the lens is illuminated and out of the plane by varying the beam wavelength. Unlike other beam steering devices, this device can operate over an extremely wide field of view—up to 180°—without any aberrations off boresight. In other words, the beam quality is uniform in all directions, unlike with aplanatic lenses, thanks to the circular symmetry of the planar Luneburg lens, which may be composed of subwavelength features. The lens is also robust to misalignment and fabrication imperfections and can be made using standard CMOS processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Josue Lopez, Samuel Kim, Jamison Sloan, Boris KHARAS, Jeffrey Scott HERD, Paul William JUODAWLKIS, Marin SOLJACIC, Cheryl Marie SORACE-AGASKAR, Suraj Deepak BRAMHAVAR, Steven Glenn JOHNSON, George BARBASTATHIS
  • Patent number: 9842721
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Liang Jie Wong, Byron Freelon, Timm Rohwer, Nuh Gedik, Steven Glenn Johnson
  • Patent number: 9536698
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Liang Jie Wong, Byron Freelon, Timm Rohwer, Nuh Gedik, Steven Glenn Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160372300
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Liang Jie Wong, Byron Freelon, Timm Rohwer, Nuh Gedik, Steven Glenn Johnson
  • Patent number: 9455114
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Liang Jie Wong, Byron Freelon, Timm Rohwer, Nuh Gedik, Steven Glenn Johnson
  • Publication number: 20160056010
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for modulating a particle pulse include a succession of Hermite-Gaussian optical modes that effectively construct a three-dimensional optical trap in the particle pulse's rest frame. Optical incidence angles between the propagation of the particle pulse and the optical pulse are tuned for improved compression. Particles pulses that can be modulated by these methods and apparatus include charged particles and particles with non-zero polarizability in the Rayleigh regime. Exact solutions to Maxwell's equations for first-order Hermite-Gaussian beams demonstrate single-electron pulse compression factors of more than 100 in both longitudinal and transverse dimensions. The methods and apparatus are useful in ultrafast electron imaging for both single- and multi-electron pulse compression, and as a means of circumventing temporal distortions in magnetic lenses when focusing ultra-short electron pulses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Liang Jie Wong, Byron Freelon, Timm Rohwer, Nuh Gedik, Steven Glenn Johnson