ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,198, issued on May 20, was assigned to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Lattice matched photocathodes for extended wavelengths" was invented by Bed Pantha (Chandler, Ariz.), Jacob J. Becker (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Jon D. Burnsed (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photocathode epitaxial structure. The photocathode epitaxial structure includes a binary compound substrate material. The photocathode epitaxial structure further includes an active device absorber layer forming a portion of a p-type device photocathode formed on the binary compound substrate material. The active device absorber layer comprising at lea...