ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,874, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES (Bogota D.C., Colombia).
"Plasmonic device, system and method" was invented by Edgar Javier Patino Zapata (Bogota, Colombia) and Leidy Paola Quiroga Sanchez (Bogota, Colombia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plasmonic device amplifies an optical signal of a sample positioned subsequently thereto comprises a high refraction index dielectric element, a low refraction index dielectric element with a modifiable width and a layer of metal. When light producing plasmon resonance is received at a dielectric metal interface, a plasmonic field is generated in the sample. A syste...