Patents by Inventor Xiaocong Yuan

Xiaocong Yuan 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: 20210223165
    Abstract: This disclosure is applicable to the field of optical measurement technology, and provides a method and device for ultrasensitive displacement sensing based on local spin characteristics, the method comprises: using an excitation light to excite and generate a near-field optical vortex field, NF-OV in which a local spin state linearly changes with a position at a detection; coupling the local spin state of the NF-OV to a far-field by using a nanostructure, so as to obtain elliptically polarized light; and detecting the spin degree of elliptically polarized light to obtain displacement information of the position at the detection. The sensing method provided by the disclosure can obtain accurate displacement information, has high sensitivity, low cost and high practical value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Luping Du, Aiping Yang, Xiaocong Yuan
  • Publication number: 20120307247
    Abstract: A fluorescence microscopy method and system, the method comprising the steps of applying optical vortices to a metal surface for generating surface plasmon resonance (SPR) waves at the metal surface; and collecting fluorescence light excited by the SPR waves; wherein a dynamic characteristic of the optical vortices is controlled for controlling interference patterns of the SPR waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Piau Siong Tan, Xiaocong Yuan