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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2008
Applicant:
Girsh Blumberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Girsh Blumberg, New Providence, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/02 (2006.01); G01R 31/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a surface-plasmon (SP) beam generated by an SP source and directed via an SP waveguide is applied to a gate node of a field-effect transistor (FET). The FET also has a source node and a drain node. In a representative configuration, the gate, source, and drain nodes are electrically biased to pass an electrical current between the source and drain nodes in a manner that makes the electrical current responsive to the intensity of the SP beam.