US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on Sept. 9 for "Spin-based detection of terahertz and sub-terahertz electromagnetic radiation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,192, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Spin-based detection of terahertz and sub-terahertz electromagnetic radiation" was invented by Jing Shi (Riverside, Calif.) and Junxue Li (Riverside, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for spin-based detection of electromagnetic radiation at terahertz and sub-terahertz frequencies is provided. The detector can include a heterostructure and an electrical circuit. The heterostructure can include a first layer formed of an antiferromagnetic material (AFM) in contact with a second layer of a heavy metal (HM) and...