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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2018
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Emanuel Loertscher, Bonstetten, CH;
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 11/42 (2006.01); G11C 13/02 (2006.01); G11C 13/04 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 5/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11C 13/047 (2013.01); G02F 1/0126 (2013.01); G02F 3/00 (2013.01); G11C 11/42 (2013.01); G11C 13/025 (2013.01); B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02B 5/008 (2013.01); G02B 6/1225 (2013.01); G02B 6/1226 (2013.01); G02B 6/1228 (2013.01); G02B 6/262 (2013.01); G02B 2207/101 (2013.01); G02F 2203/10 (2013.01); G11C 13/044 (2013.01); G11C 2213/77 (2013.01);
Abstract
A state-changeable device includes a first and a second particle arranged in proximity to each other; and a coupling material between the first and the second particle; wherein the first and the second particle are adapted to provide a charge carrier distribution such that surface plasmon polaritons (SPP) occur; and the coupling material is adapted to exhibit a variable conductivity in response to a trigger signal thereby changing an electro-optical coupling between the first and the second particle.