Optical filter, production system using the optical filter, and method of using the optical filter
AssigneeWave Tech, LLC
InventorsMatteo del Ninno, Jacob A. Bertrand
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Abstract
A production system includes a structure configured to house a light-activated biological pathway. The production system further includes an optical filter attached to the structure. The optical filter is configured to receive light, to reflect a first portion of the received light, and to transmit a second portion of the received light, wherein the first portion has a different wavelength from the second portion. The production system is further configured to position the light-activated biological pathway to receive the second portion of the receive light.
Claims30
A production system comprising:
- a structure configured to house a light-activated biological pathway;
- and
- an optical filter attached to the structure, the optical filter configured to receive light, to reflect a first portion of the received light, and to transmit a second portion of the received light, wherein the first portion has a different wavelength from the second portion,
- wherein the production system is further configured to position the light-activated biological pathway to receive the second portion of the received light.
An optical filter comprising:
- a flexible substrate;
- a first filter layer over the flexible substrate, wherein the first filter layer is free of metallic materials and organic materials;
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- at least one second filter layer over the first filter layer, the second filter layer having a different refractive index from a refractive index of the first filter layer, wherein the second filter layer is free of metallic materials and organic materials, and the optical filter is configured to transmit multiple peaks in the visible spectrum.
A method of using a production system, the method comprises:
- positioning an optical filter between a light source and a light-activated biological pathway, wherein the light-activated biological pathway is housed in the production system;
- filtering light received from the light source using the optical filter, wherein filtering the light received from the light sources comprises:
- reflecting a first portion of the light received from the light source having a first waveband, and
- transmitting a second portion of the light received from the light source having a second waveband different from the first waveband;
- and
- producing a chemical output from the light-activated biological pathway by having the second portion of the light received from the light source incident on the light-activated biological pathway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.