Synthesis of New Deuterated Organic Comonomers and Deuterated High Sulfur Content Polymers for Optics and Photonics
This technology is new molecular design approach to prepare high refractive index polymers with enhanced medium wavelength infrared (MWIR) and/or long wavelength infrared (LWIR) transparency that are prepared from reacting with elemental sulfur with deuterated comonomers. The polymers described herein are chalcogenide hybrid inorganic organic polymers...
Published: 10/19/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Jon Njardarson, Haziq Qureshi, Tristan Kleine, Kyle Carothers
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection
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SmartPrint Polymer Material and Design for the Connection of Separate Optical Chips
This technology is a further development of interconnect polymer waveguides for photonics packaging and integration. Here, a flexible optical substrate is attached and aligned to individual photonic chip components to form an optical waveguide. The waveguide comprises a refractive index contrast (RIC) polymer directly patterned using a photolithography...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Linan Jiang, Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Tristan Kleine, Julie Frish, Thomas Koch, Stanley Pau, Roland Himmelhuber, Abhinav Nishant, Kyungjo Kim, Sasaan Showghi
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Electronics > Assembly and Packaging, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Semiconductors, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Fiber Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication > Optical, EO & MO, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications > Electro-Optic Devices, Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Communications & Networking, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Web & Internet, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Communications & Networking > Optical, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Electronics > Computer Hardware, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Electronics > Digital Circuits
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Highly Transmissive Infrared Polymer Micro Optical Lenses and Arrays
Polymeric microscale lenses, which are highly transmissive for infrared wavelengths, can be fabricated using photolithography. Arrays of lenses may be mass produced and incorporated into optical-electronic systems.
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Conventionally, lenses for use in infrared imaging have been made from inorganic materials due to their superior optical properties...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Abhinav Nishant, Tristan Kleine, Nicholas Lyons, Kyungjo Kim
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Communications & Networking > Optical, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Communications & Networking > RFID, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > MEMS & Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Transportation & Automotive > Autonomous/Intelligent Vehicle Compone, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Transportation & Automotive > Vehicle Control, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection > Remote Sensing, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications > Electro-Optic Devices, Technology Classifications > Materials > Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Materials > Coatings, Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers
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Refractive Index Contrast Polymer Photonics Interconnects and Waveguides for Packaging and Integration
This invention represents a new chemical composition of photoresponsive, polymer photoresists, where the refractive index of the polymer can be modulated via UV radiation to facilitate the arbitrary writing of optical waveguides and other photonic devices in the material. The material can be spun on to any substrate or existing photonic device architecture...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Julie Frish, Tristan Kleine
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Communications & Networking > Networking, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Communications & Networking > Optical, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Electronics > Assembly and Packaging, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Photonics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Telecommunications > Electro-Optic Devices, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication > Optical, EO & MO, Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers
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Novel Long-Wave Infrared Transparent Thermoset Polymers for Optical Components and Imaging Systems
This invention is new polymeric materials with improved Long Wave Infrared (LWIR) transmission as demonstrated by IR spectroscopy and IR thermal imaging. A one mm thick polymer film demonstrated transmittance with an LWIR camera in the 7.5-13 micron regime. The polymer is a thermoset and can be fabricated into windows, lenses, and prisms using simple...
Published: 6/27/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Tristan Kleine, Nicholas Lyons, Oliver Spires, Laura Anderson
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Lens & System Design
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Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) Using Cyclic Olefinic Comonomers
This invention is an approach to creating specific materials that are transparent to Long Wave Infrared. The proposed materials may be used as a matrix for incorporating IR transparent nanoparticles to form infrared transparent CHIP nanoparticle material. This new process allows for the creation of new copolymers with improved thermomechanical properties...
Published: 6/20/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Tristan Kleine, Richard Glass, Dennis Lichtenberger, Meghan O'Brien Hamilton
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Devices & Instrumentation > Robotics, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Transportation & Automotive > Autonomous/Intelligent Vehicle Compone, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection > Remote Sensing, Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers
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Photoresponsive Polymer Films for Photo-Patterned Waveguides
University of Arizona researchers have developed a new class of high refractive index polymers that can be deposited as thin films and directly photo-patterned into useful device architectures. The resulting cured (e.g. photo-exposed) regions have a reduced refractive index, which is 0.01-0.05 lower than the unexposed regions and, hence, have tremendous...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Abhinav Nishant, Laura Anderson, Tristan Kleine
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers
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High Refractive Optical Polymers from Vinylic Sulfide Monomers Amenable to Photoprocessing
This invention is a new class of hybrid inorganic-organic polymer chemistry for synthesizing high refractive index optical polymers. Monomers for these materials comprise vinylic groups linked to a protecting group capable of being cleaved upon application of an external stimulus. The refractive index of the polymer may be changed during the process...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Roland Himmelhuber, Tristan Kleine
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Materials & Fabrication
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Solution Processable Chalcogenide Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Polymers (CHIPs) for Optical Short-Wave Infrared and Mid-Infrared Mirrors and Reflectors
This invention is a method of producing Chalcogenide hybrid organic/inorganic polymers using an inverse vulcanization process, which results in polymers possessing a high refractive index and are solution processable.
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Flexible optical mirrors and reflectors in the short-wave infrared and mid-infrared spectrum are critical for the advancement...
Published: 3/12/2024
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Inventor(s): Dong-Chul Pyun, Robert Norwood, Tristan Kleine, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Laura Anderson
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Materials > Polymers
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