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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Jeffrey H. Hunt, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Wayne R. Howe, Irvine, CA (US);
Angela W. Li, Everett, WA (US);
THE BOEING COMPANY, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A system for providing electrical and optical interconnection using a 3D non-carbon-based topological insulator (TI) is disclosed. The system includes a length of the TI having a tube shape having wall thickness of about 10 nm to about 200 nm and a hollow interior portion surrounded by an interior surface of the TI. The length includes a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to receive an optical signal, an electrical signal, or both. The optical signal propagates in the hollow interior portion along the length to the second end by total internal reflection due to a refractive index of the interior surface of the TI. The electrical signal propagates along an external surface of the TI to the second end.