Maiken S Mikkelsen

US Patent:

20170250017, Aug 31, 2017

Filed:

Mar 1, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/446180

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Roderick A. Hyde - Redmond WA, US
Muriel Y. Ishikawa - Livermore CA, US
Jordin T. Kare - San Jose CA, US
Maiken H. Mikkelsen - Durham NC, US
Tony S. Pan - Bellevue WA, US
David R. Smith - Durham NC, US
Clarence T. Tegreene - Mercer Island WA, US
Yaroslav A. Urzhumov - Bellevue WA, US
Charles Whitmer - North Bend WA, US
Victoria Y.H. Wood - Livermore CA, US

International Classification:

H01F 1/06
H01F 1/00

Abstract:

Described embodiments include a system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus includes a magnetic substrate at least partially covered by a first negative-permittivity layer comprising a first plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a plasmonic nanoparticle having a magnetic element at least partially covered by a second negative-permittivity layer comprising a second plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a dielectric-filled gap between the first plasmonic outer surface and the second outer surface. The first plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap, and the second plasmonic outer surface are configured to support one or more mutually coupled plasmonic excitations.

US Patent:

20170076843, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Sep 14, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/853370

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Roderick A. Hyde - Redmond WA, US
Muriel Y. Ishikawa - Livermore CA, US
Jordin T. Kare - San Jose CA, US
Maiken H. Mikkelsen - Durham NC, US
Tony S. Pan - Bellevue WA, US
David R. Smith - Durham NC, US
Clarence T. Tegreene - Mercer Island WA, US
Yaroslav A. Urzhumov - Bellevue WA, US
Charles Whitmer - North Bend WA, US
Victoria Y.H. Wood - Livermore CA, US

International Classification:

H01F 1/06
H01F 1/00
H01F 1/16

Abstract:

Described embodiments include a system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus includes a magnetic substrate at least partially covered by a first negative-permittivity layer comprising a first plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a plasmonic nanoparticle having a magnetic element at least partially covered by a second negative-permittivity layer comprising a second plasmonic outer surface. The apparatus includes a dielectric-filled gap between the first plasmonic outer surface and the second outer surface. The first plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap, and the second plasmonic outer surface are configured to support one or more mutually coupled plasmonic excitations.

US Patent:

20170076844, Mar 16, 2017

Filed:

Sep 14, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/853410

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Roderick A. Hyde - Redmond WA, US
Muriel Y. Ishikawa - Livermore CA, US
Jordin T. Kare - San Jose CA, US
Maiken H. Mikkelsen - Durham NC, US
Tony S. Pan - Bellevue WA, US
David R. Smith - Durham NC, US
Clarence T. Tegreene - Mercer Island WA, US
Yaroslav A. Urzhumov - Bellevue WA, US
Charles Whitmer - North Bend WA, US
Victoria Y.H. Wood - Livermore CA, US

International Classification:

H01F 1/06
H01F 1/00
H01F 1/20

Abstract:

Described embodiments include a system, method, and apparatus. The apparatus includes a plasmonic nanoparticle dimer. The dimer includes a first plasmonic nanoparticle having a first magnetic element covered by a first negative-permittivity layer comprising a first plasmonic outer surface. The dimer includes a second plasmonic nanoparticle having a second magnetic element covered by a second negative-permittivity layer comprising a second plasmonic outer surface. The dimer includes a separation control structure configured to establish a dielectric-filled gap between the first plasmonic outer surface and the second plasmonic outer surface. A magnetic attraction between the first magnetic element and the second magnetic element binds the first plasmonic nanoparticle and the second plasmonic nanoparticle together, separated by the dielectric-filled gap established by the separation control structure. The first plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap, and the second plasmonic outer surface are configured to cooperatively support one or more mutually coupled plasmonic excitations.