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Title: Sub-wavelength antenna enhanced bilayer graphene tunable photodetector

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1243314

The integration of bilayer graphene with an absorption enhancing sub-wavelength antenna provides an infrared photodetector capable of real-time spectral tuning without filters at nanosecond timescales.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
9,293,627
Application Number:
14/056,023
OSTI ID:
1243314
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2013 Oct 17
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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