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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2020
Scidatek Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Junichiro Fujita, Los Altos, CA (US);
Louay Eldada, Austin, TX (US);
SCIDATEK INC., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
Small form-factor, sensitive and efficient waveguide devices capable of nondispersive infrared gas or liquid sensing and photocatalysis are designed based on photonic integrated circuits. The devices comprise three-dimensional optical waveguiding structures and preferably integrated light sources and photodetectors. Since the length of the waveguide scales with the number of waveguiding layers, a plurality of layers is used to design high-sensitivity sensors and high-efficiency photocatalysis devices. In one embodiment, titanium dioxide absorbs ultraviolet light to generate an electron-hole pair which, in the presence of water and oxygen, generates radicals that react with and mineralize undesirable organic compounds, such as the lipid membranes that envelope and protect viruses such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), allowing to pry apart the membranes and destroy the cells. Such photocatalysis devices can be used in airflow systems designed to circulate the air of essentially confined spaces through these devices to create air-disinfecting systems.