There is provided an illumination device (100, 150, 200, 300) comprising: a periodic
plasmonic antenna array (114), comprising a plurality of individual antenna elements (106) …

A write head comprises a waveguide core configured to receive light emitted in a crosstrack
direction from a light source at a fundamental transverse electric (TE00) mode. The …

(57) ABSTRACT A fast optical switch can be fabricated/constructed, when vanadium dioxide
(VO,) ultra thin-film or a cluster of vanadium dioxide particles (less than 0. 5 microns in diam …

6, 294, 450 B1 9/2001 Chen et al. 7, 622, 367 B1 11/2009 Nuzzo et al. 7, 972, 875 B2.
7/2011 Rogers et al. 7, 998, 330 B2 8/2011 Fang et al. 8, 261, 660 B2 9/2012 Menard 8 …

Structures for an optical switch, structures for an optical router, and methods of fabricating a
structure for an optical switch. A phase change layer is arranged proximate to a waveguide …

GO2F 1/29(2006.01) GO2F 1/365(2006.01) GO2F 1/295(2006.01) GO2F 1/377(2006.01)(52)
US CI. CPC G02F 1/365 (2013.01); G02F 1/292 (2013.01); G02F 1/2955 (2013.01); GO2F …

Systems and methods according to one or more embodi ments are provided for a scalable
planar phased array antenna subarray tile assembly. A scalable phased array antenna …

A recording head includes a substrate, a read transducer, a waveguide core, and a near-
field transducer at an end of the waveguide core proximate a media-facing surface. The …

An optical microtoroid resonator including one or more nanoparticles attached to a surface
of the resonator and capable of receiving an input signal from a far-field source (via free …

An optical communication system includes a data transmit ter. The data transmitter includes
at least one optical emis sion device to output light energy as an optical beam having an …