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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2004
Garret Moddel, Boulder, CO (US);
Blake J. Eliasson, Boulder, CO (US);
Garret Moddel, Boulder, CO (US);
Blake J. Eliasson, Boulder, CO (US);
University Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO (US);
Abstract
A detector includes a voltage source for providing a bias voltage and first and second non-insulating layers, which are spaced apart such that the bias voltage can be applied therebetween and form an antenna for receiving electromagnetic radiation and directing it to a specific location within the detector. The detector also includes an arrangement serving as a transport of electrons, including tunneling, between and to the first and second non-insulating layers when electromagnetic radiation is received at the antenna. The arrangement includes a first insulating layer and a second layer configured such that using only the first insulating in the arrangement would result in a given value of nonlinearity in the transport of electrons while the inclusion of the second layer increases the nonlinearity above the given value. A portion of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the antenna is converted to an electrical signal at an output.