Nano-structure arrays for emr imaging
AssigneeRockwell Collins, Inc.
InventorsRobert G. Brown, James H. Stanley
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Abstract
An electro-magnetic radiation detector is described. The electro-magnetic radiation detector includes a detector material and a voltage biasing element. The detector material includes a substantially regular array of nano-particles embedded in a matrix material. The voltage biasing element is configured to apply a bias voltage to the matrix material such that electrical current is directly generated based on a cooperative plasmon effect in the detector material when electro-magnetic radiation in a predetermined wavelength range is incident upon the detector material, where the dominant mechanism for decay in the cooperative plasmon effect is non-radiative.
Claims37
An electro-magnetic radiation detector, comprising:
- a detector material comprising a substantially regular array of nano-particles embedded in a matrix material;
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- a voltage biasing element configured to apply a bias voltage to the matrix material such that electrical current is directly generated based on a cooperative plasmon effect in the detector material when electro-magnetic radiation in a predetermined wavelength range is incident upon the detector material, where the dominant mechanism for decay in the cooperative plasmon effect is non-radiative.
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