Patent ID: 7719688
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: B82Y,G02B,G02F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An optical device, comprising: a primary nanowire having a predetermined characteristic that affects an optical property of the primary nanowire; at least one secondary nanowire grown from a surface of the primary nanowire such that an end thereof abuts a side of the primary nanowire at a non-zero angle and at a predetermined position along the side, the at least one secondary nanowire having an other predetermined characteristic that affects an optical property of the at least one secondary nanowire; and a junction formed between the primary nanowire and the at least one secondary nanowire, the device configured to cause a portion of a light beam of a predetermined wavelength or range of wavelengths traveling through one of the primary nanowire or the at least one secondary nanowire to enter another of the at least one secondary nanowire or the primary nanowire.