Patents by Inventor Thomas Lepetit

Thomas Lepetit 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).

  • System and method for bound state in continuum laser sources
    Patent number: 11152768
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to present principles provide, at room temperature, a bound state in the continuum laser that harnesses optical modes residing in the radiation continuum but nonetheless may possess arbitrarily high quality factors. These counterintuitive cavities are based on resonantly trapped symmetry-compatible modes that destructively interfere. Such systems and methods may be applied towards coherent sources with intriguing topological properties for optical trapping, biological imaging, and quantum communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Boubacar Kante, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Thomas Lepetit, Ashok Kodigala, Qing Gu
  • System and method for using exceptional points in plasmonic nanostructures for sensing, communication and imaging
    Patent number: 10942376
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to present principles provide ways to construct and use tunable exceptional point (EP) singularities in three-dimensional plasmonic nanostructures. Such structures have applications in sensing, communication, imaging, and other fields where, e.g., determining sub wavelength features of interest is of value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Boubacar Kante, Ashok Kodigala, Thomas Lepetit, Junhee Park
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USING EXCEPTIONAL POINTS IN PLASMONIC NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SENSING, COMMUNICATION AND IMAGING
    Publication number: 20190219845
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to present principles provide ways to construct and use tunable exceptional point (EP) singularities in three-dimensional plasmonic nanostructures. Such structures have applications in sensing, communication, imaging, and other fields where, e.g., determining sub wavelength features of interest is of value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Boubacar Kante, Ashok Kodigala, Thomas Lepetit, Junhee Park
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOUND STATE IN CONTINUUM LASER SOURCES
    Publication number: 20180287348
    Abstract: Systems and methods according to present principles provide, at room temperature, a bound state in the continuum laser that harnesses optical modes residing in the radiation continuum but nonetheless may possess arbitrarily high quality factors. These counterintuitive cavities are based on resonantly trapped symmetry-compatible modes that destructively interfere. Such systems and methods may be applied towards coherent sources with intriguing topological properties for optical trapping, biological imaging, and quantum communication.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Boubacar Kante, Yeshaiahu Fainman, Thomas Lepetit, Ashok Kodigala, Qing Gu