US Patent Issued to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY on June 10 for "Thin film and method for producing same, circularly polarized light detection element, device and method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,955, issued on June 10, was assigned to JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY (Kawaguchi, Japan).

"Thin film and method for producing same, circularly polarized light detection element, device and method" was invented by Ayumi Nihei (Yokohama, Japan) and Tsutomu Miyasaka (Machida, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This thin film is a thin film for detecting circularly polarized light, and includes a plurality of inorganic layers constituting a layered structure and/or a plurality of inorganic chains constituting a chain structure, which are formed of a perovskite type substance, and chiral molecules incorporated in at least a part o...