Patents by Inventor Zhaobing Tian
Zhaobing Tian 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).
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Patent number: 9337617Abstract: A tunable semiconductor laser having, in one embodiment, a higher bias voltage end, a lower bias voltage end, and an optically active gain region comprising a band-gap configured to emit light at an emission wavelength that is tunable when an electric field is generated across the optically active gain region by applying a bias voltage thereto, an electron quantum well (QW) layer positioned closer to the higher bias voltage end than the lower voltage bias end, and a hole QW layer positioned closer to the lower bias voltage end than the higher bias voltage end and comprising a type-II band alignment with the electron QW layer such that the band-gap is determined by an energy difference between a ground electron state in the electron QW layer and a ground hole state in the hole QW layer, wherein the emission wavelength is redshifted upon an increase in a bias voltage applied to the optically active gain region.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2015Date of Patent: May 10, 2016Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaInventors: Rui Q. Yang, Zhaobing Tian, Lu Li, Michael B. Santos, Matthew B. Johnson, Yuchao Jiang
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Patent number: 9287683Abstract: A semiconductor interband laser that includes a first cladding layer formed using a first high-doped semiconductor material having a first refractive index/permittivity and a second cladding layer formed using a second high-doped semiconductor material having a second refractive index/permittivity. The laser also includes a waveguide core having a waveguide core refractive index/permittivity, the waveguide core is positioned between the first and the second cladding layers. The waveguide core including an active region adapted to generate light based on interband transitions. The light being generated defines the lasing wavelength or the lasing frequency. The first refractive index and the second refractive index are lower than the waveguide core refractive index. The first cladding layer and/or the second cladding layers can also be formed using a metal.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaInventors: Rui Q. Yang, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael B. Santos, Zhaobing Tian, Matthew B. Johnson, Robert T. Hinkey
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Publication number: 20160013619Abstract: A semiconductor interband laser that includes a first cladding layer formed using a first high-doped semiconductor material having a first refractive index/permittivity and a second cladding layer formed using a second high-doped semiconductor material having a second refractive index/permittivity. The laser also includes a waveguide core having a waveguide core refractive index/permittivity, the waveguide core is positioned between the first and the second cladding layers. The waveguide core including an active region adapted to generate light based on interband transitions. The light being generated defines the lasing wavelength or the lasing frequency. The first refractive index and the second refractive index are lower than the waveguide core refractive index. The first cladding layer and/or the second cladding layers can also be formed using a metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Rui Q. Yang, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael B. Santos, Zhaobing Tian, Matthew B. Johnson, Robert T. Hinkey
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Patent number: 9166084Abstract: A photovoltaic (PV) device, comprising a PV interband cascade (IC) stage, wherein the IC PV stage comprises an absorption region with a band gap, the absorption region configured to absorb photons, an intraband transport region configured to act as a hole barrier, and an interband tunneling region configured to act as an electron barrier. An IC PV architecture for a photovoltaic device, the IC PV architecture comprising an absorption region, an intraband transport region coupled to the absorption region, and an interband tunneling region coupled to the intraband transport region and to the adjacent absorption region, wherein the absorption region, the intraband transport region, and the interband tunneling region are positioned such that electrons will flow from the absorption region to the intraband transport region to the interband tunneling region.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2011Date of Patent: October 20, 2015Assignee: Board of Regents University of OklahomaInventors: Rui Q. Yang, Zhaobing Tian, Tetsuya D. Mishima, Michael B. Santos, Matthew B. Johnson, John F. Klem
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Publication number: 20150244144Abstract: A tunable semiconductor laser having, in one embodiment, a higher bias voltage end, a lower bias voltage end, and an optically active gain region comprising a band-gap configured to emit light at an emission wavelength that is tunable when an electric field is generated across the optically active gain region by applying a bias voltage thereto, an electron quantum well (QW) layer positioned closer to the higher bias voltage end than the lower voltage bias end, and a hole QW layer positioned closer to the lower bias voltage end than the higher bias voltage end and comprising a type-II band alignment with the electron QW layer such that the band-gap is determined by an energy difference between a ground electron state in the electron QW layer and a ground hole state in the hole QW layer, wherein the emission wavelength is redshifted upon an increase in a bias voltage applied to the optically active gain region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2015Publication date: August 27, 2015Inventors: Rui Q. Yang, Zhaobing Tian, Lu Li, Michael B. Santos, Matthew B. Johnson, Yuchao Jiang
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Patent number: 8929417Abstract: A semiconductor interband laser that includes a first cladding layer formed using a first high-doped semiconductor material having a first refractive index/permittivity and a second cladding layer formed using a second high-doped semiconductor material having a second refractive index/permittivity. The laser also includes a waveguide core having a waveguide core refractive index/permittivity, the waveguide core is positioned between the first and the second cladding layers. The waveguide core including an active region adapted to generate light based on interband transitions. The light being generated defines the lasing wavelength or the lasing frequency. The first refractive index and the second refractive index are lower than the waveguide core refractive index. The first cladding layer and/or the second cladding layers can also be formed using a metal.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of OklahomaInventors: Rui Q. Yang, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael B. Santos, Zhaobing Tian, Matthew B. Johnson, Robert T. Hinkey
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Publication number: 20120199185Abstract: A photovoltaic (PV) device, comprising a PV interband cascade (IC) stage, wherein the IC PV stage comprises an absorption region with a band gap, the absorption region configured to absorb photons, an intraband transport region configured to act as a hole barrier, and an interband tunneling region configured to act as an electron barrier. An IC PV architecture for a photovoltaic device, the IC PV architecture comprising an absorption region, an intraband transport region coupled to the absorption region, and an interband tunneling region coupled to the intraband transport region and to the adjacent absorption region, wherein the absorption region, the intraband transport region, and the interband tunneling region are positioned such that electrons will flow from the absorption region to the intraband transport region to the interband tunneling region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2011Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMAInventors: Rui Q. Yang, Zhaobing Tian, Tetsuya D. Mishima, Michael B. Santos, Matthew B. Johnson, John F. Klem
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Publication number: 20120044964Abstract: A semiconductor interband laser that includes a first cladding layer formed using a first high-doped semiconductor material having a first refractive index/permittivity and a second cladding layer formed using a second high-doped semiconductor material having a second refractive index/permittivity. The laser also includes a waveguide core having a waveguide core refractive index/permittivity, the waveguide core is positioned between the first and the second cladding layers. The waveguide core including an active region adapted to generate light based on interband transitions. The light being generated defines the lasing wavelength or the lasing frequency. The first refractive index and the second refractive index are lower than the waveguide core refractive index. The first cladding layer and/or the second cladding layers can also be formed using a metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2010Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Rui Q. Yang, Tetsuya Mishima, Michael B. Santos, Zhaobing Tian, Matthew B. Johnson, Robert T. Hinkey