US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on Sept. 23 for "Atomic layer-based surface treatments for infrared detectors" (Missouri, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,387, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Atomic layer-based surface treatments for infrared detectors" was invented by Cory J. Hill (Chesterfield, Mo.) and Harold Frank Greer (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method of producing an infrared detector. In certain embodiments, the method includes: forming a planar multi-layer structure including an absorber including a superlattice structure; patterning the planar multi-layer structure; etching the planar multi-layer structure to define a plurality of pixels, the sidewalls of the plurality of pixels...