US Patent Issued to Boise State University on May 6 for "Molecular aggregate for optically-pumped nonreciprocal exciton devices" (Idaho Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,668, issued on May 6, was assigned to Boise State University (Boise, Idaho).

"Molecular aggregate for optically-pumped nonreciprocal exciton devices" was invented by Bernard Yurke (Boise, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to an optically active medium comprising dye aggregates and optionally a nucleotide oligomer or other nucleotide-based architecture, which may be used in in optical devices, in particular nonreciprocal devices (i.e., devices in which energy flows in one direction only), that can respond to differences in the polarization of light. An analysis is presented of the energy levels an...