US Patent Issued to UNM Rainforest Innovations on Oct. 28 for "Helical slow-wave structures with integrated couplers of THz radiation: devices and methods of fabrication" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,813, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to UNM Rainforest Innovations (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Helical slow-wave structures with integrated couplers of THz radiation: devices and methods of fabrication" was invented by Francesca Cavallo (Albuquerque, N.M.), Divya Prakash (Albuquerque, N.M.), Daniel W. van der Weide (Albuquerque, N.M.), Max G. Lagally (Albuquerque, N.M.), Shiva Hajitabarmarznaki (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Shelley S. Scott (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna comprising: input and output coaxial horn antennas coupled with a self-assembled helical slow-wave structure cradled in a groove in a silicon-on-in...