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Amorphous optical coupling structure for an electromagnetic wave detector and associated detector

US7687760B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2004
Grant dateMar 30, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 14, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10F77/413
  • WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an optical coupling structure intended to couple electromagnetic radiation to the surface of a photodetector, wherein a coupling surface paved along mutually perpendicular first and second directions by a set of N series (M1i, M2i, . . . . Mni) of first features, second features, . . . nth features, the features being identical within any one series, the features being distributed along the first and second directions, the distance between the centers of two adjacent features or the inter-reticular distances between two adjacent features being variable. The subject of the invention is also a detector or a laser source comprising said coupling structure.

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