US Patent Issued to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation on Sept. 30 for "Terahertz radiation detectors based on thin films of non-centrosymmetric layered topological semimetals" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,421, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Madison, Wis.).

"Terahertz radiation detectors based on thin films of non-centrosymmetric layered topological semimetals" was invented by Jun Xiao (Madison, Wis.), Ying Wang (Madison, Wis.) and Daniel Warren van der Weide (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Terahertz (THz) radiation detectors based on the rectification of a THz signal via the non-linear Hall effect in thin films of non-centrosymmetric layered topological semimetals are provided. The THz detectors, which enable sensitive, broadband, and fast room-temperature terahertz radiation d...