This invention provides fundamental science and novel device architectures for surface
plasmon (SP)-based, comple mentary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS)-compatible …

We report the fabrication of low-loss amorphous silicon photonic wires deposited by plasma
enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Single mode photonic wires were fabricated by …

All-optical networking can be the sole approach to provide the huge bandwidth required for
future networks. The essential elements in such an optical network are optical switches. A …

Conclusion: We have manufactured for the first time highly-confined, singlemode
waveguides based on a-Si: H, with low propagation losses (2.0 dB/cm) comparable to …

Amorphous silicon a-Si was made by ion irradiation of crystalline silicon with 1× 10 15 Xe
ions cm− 2 at 77 K in the 1–4 MeV energy range. Thermal relaxation of the amorphous …

The invention relates to a solid-state lithium-ion thin-? lm electrolyte that, compared to the
current state-of-the-art thin? lm electrolyte, Lipon, exhibits an equal or larger electro …

Waveguides and interferometric light amplitude modulators for application at the 1.3-and
1.55-/spl mu/m fiber communication wavelengths have been fabricated with thin-film …

Alternative sputter target compositions or configurations for thin-film electrolytes are
proposed whereby the sputter target materials system possesses Sufficient electrical …

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Related US Application Data(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP:(63)
Continuation of application No. 1 1/374.282, filed on Jeff E. Schwartz Jun. 15, 2005, which is …