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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Steven R. J. Brueck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sanjay Krishna, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Seung-chang Lee, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Steven R. J. Brueck, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sanjay Krishna, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Seung-Chang Lee, Albuquerque, NM (US);
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic energy detector. The detector can include a substrate having a first refractive index; a metal layer; an absorber layer having a second refractive index and disposed between the substrate and the metal layer; a coupling structure to convert incident radiation to a surface plasma wave; additional conducting layers to provide for electrical contact to the electromagnetic energy detector, each conducting layer characterized by a conductivity and a refractive index; and a surface plasma wave ('SPW') mode-confining layer having a third refractive index that is higher than the second refractive index disposed between the substrate and the metal layer.