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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2009
Juejun HU, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ning-ning Feng, Somerville, MA (US);
Anuradha M. Agarwal, Weston, MA (US);
Lionel C. Kimerling, Concord, MA (US);
Juejun Hu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ning-Ning Feng, Somerville, MA (US);
Anuradha M. Agarwal, Weston, MA (US);
Lionel C. Kimerling, Concord, MA (US);
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A surface plasmon polariton (SPP) pixel structure is provided. The SPP pixel structure includes a coupling structure that couples the probing light into the SPP mode by matching the in-plane wave vector by changing the refractive index of the coupling structure using thermo-optic effects to vary the coupling strength of the probing light into the SPP mode. An absorber layer is positioned on the coupling structure for absorbing incident infrared/thermal radiation being detected.