US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on Nov. 4 for "Terahertz and sub-terahertz devices" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,464,834, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Terahertz and sub-terahertz devices" was invented by Michael Shur (Vienna, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One embodiment provides a semiconducting device for at least one of detecting, producing or manipulating electromagnetic radiation having a frequency of at least 100 gigahertz (GHz). The semiconducting device includes a heterodimensional plasmonic structure, and an active layer. The heterodimensional plasmonic structure includes at least one nanostructure configured to form a heterodimensional junction with the active layer and having a tuna...