Tunable infrared pixels having unpatterned graphene layer and conductive metasurface

Beechem, Thomas Edwin; Goldflam, Michael; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna; Ruiz, Isaac; Peters, David W.; Howell, Stephen W.

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Title: Tunable infrared pixels having unpatterned graphene layer and conductive metasurface

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A monolithically integrated, tunable infrared pixel comprises a combined broadband detector and graphene-enabled tunable metasurface filter that operate as a single solid-state device with no moving parts. Functionally, tunability results from the plasmonic properties of graphene that are acutely dependent upon the carrier concentration within the infrared. Voltage induced changes in graphene's carrier concentration can be leveraged to change the metasurface filter's transmission thereby altering the “colors” of light reaching the broadband detector and hence its spectral responsivity. The invention enables spectrally agile infrared detection with independent pixel-to-pixel spectral tunability.

Inventors:: Beechem, III, Thomas Edwin; Goldflam, Michael; Tauke-Pedretti, Anna; Ruiz, Isaac; Peters, David W.; Howell, Stephen W.

Issue Date:: 2022-10-25

Research Org.:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

OSTI Identifier:: 1986746

Patent Number(s):: 11482560

Application Number:: 16/930,520

Assignee:: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC (Albuquerque, NM)

DOE Contract Number:: NA0003525

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 07/16/2020

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Beechem, III, Thomas Edwin, Goldflam, Michael, Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Ruiz, Isaac, Peters, David W., and Howell, Stephen W. Tunable infrared pixels having unpatterned graphene layer and conductive metasurface.  United States: N. p., 2022. 
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                    Beechem, III, Thomas Edwin, Goldflam, Michael, Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Ruiz, Isaac, Peters, David W., & Howell, Stephen W. Tunable infrared pixels having unpatterned graphene layer and conductive metasurface.  United States.

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                    Beechem, III, Thomas Edwin, Goldflam, Michael, Tauke-Pedretti, Anna, Ruiz, Isaac, Peters, David W., and Howell, Stephen W. Tue .  
        "Tunable infrared pixels having unpatterned graphene layer and conductive metasurface".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1986746.

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  abstractNote = {A monolithically integrated, tunable infrared pixel comprises a combined broadband detector and graphene-enabled tunable metasurface filter that operate as a single solid-state device with no moving parts. Functionally, tunability results from the plasmonic properties of graphene that are acutely dependent upon the carrier concentration within the infrared. Voltage induced changes in graphene's carrier concentration can be leveraged to change the metasurface filter's transmission thereby altering the “colors” of light reaching the broadband detector and hence its spectral responsivity. The invention enables spectrally agile infrared detection with independent pixel-to-pixel spectral tunability.},

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Plasmonics in graphene at infrared frequencies
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Enhanced infrared detectors using resonant structures combined with thin type-II superlattice absorbers
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Far infrared edge photoresponse and persistent edge transport in an inverted InAs/GaSb heterostructure
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Auger recombination in long-wave infrared InAs/InAsSb type-II superlattices
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Gated Tunability and Hybridization of Localized Plasmons in Nanostructured Graphene
journal, February 2013

Wide Wavelength Tuning of Optical Antennas on Graphene with Nanosecond Response Time
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Highly confined low-loss plasmons in graphene–boron nitride heterostructures
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Mid-wavelength high operating temperature barrier infrared detector and focal plane array
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Edge and Surface Plasmons in Graphene Nanoribbons
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