OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS EMPLOYING NANOPARTICLES, MICROCAVITIES, AND SEMICONTINUOUS METAL FILMS - Patent 1368624

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EP 1 368 624 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	13.02.2003

(43)	Date of publication:
	10.12.2003 Bulletin 2003/50

(21)	Application number: 02728385.2

(22)	Date of filing: 01.03.2002

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: G01J 3/44, G01N 21/65

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0206/277

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0207/1013 (12.09.2002 Gazette 2002/37)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

01.03.2001 US 797609
23.03.2001 US 278466 P
19.09.2001 US 955712

(71)	Applicant: NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER CORPORATION
	Las Cruces, NM 88003 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	ARMSTRONG, Robert L. Las Cruces, NM 88011 (US) SHALAEV, Vladimir M. West Lafayette, IN 47906 (US) SMITH, Harold V. Las Cruces, NM 88005 (US) SARYCHEV, Andrey K. West Lafayette, IN 47907-1285 (US) YING, Z., Charles Las Cruces, NM 88011 (US)

(74)	Representative: Van Breda, Jacobus (NL)
	Octrooibureau Los en Stigter B.V.P.O. Box 20052 1000 HB Amsterdam 1000 HB Amsterdam (NL)

(54)	OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS EMPLOYING NANOPARTICLES, MICROCAVITIES, AND SEMICONTINUOUS METAL FILMS