Patents by Inventor Patricia RIEGO SAAVEDRA

Patricia RIEGO SAAVEDRA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for extracting a transverse magneto-optic effect signal
    Patent number: 11906604
    Abstract: An apparatus to detect and measure a T-MOKE signal includes a first linear polarizer located on the optical path between a light source and a reflecting surface of a sample, a device to produce a magnetic field at the sample location, the device being configured to direct the magnetization perpendicularly to the optical plane of incidence and to reverse the direction of the magnetic field, a rotatable quarter-wave plate located after the reflecting surface on the optical path of the reflected light, a second linear polarizer that is rotatable and is located after the quarter-wave plate on the optical path of the reflected light, and a photo-detector located after the second linear polarizer on the optical path of the reflected light, the photo-detector being configured to measure the intensity of the light. A method for extracting a T-MOKE signal in an ellipsometric measurement procedure employs such an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: ASOCIACIÓN CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN COOPERATIVA EN NANOCIENCIAS “CIC NANOGUNE”
    Inventors: Eva Oblak, Patricia Riego Saavedra, Andreas Berger, Aitor García Manso, Ane Martínez De Guereñu Elorza, Fernando Arizti, Andoni Irizar Picón
  • METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A TRANSVERSE MAGNETO-OPTIC EFFECT SIGNAL
    Publication number: 20220050147
    Abstract: An apparatus to detect and measure a T-MOKE signal includes a first linear polarizer located on the optical path between a light source and a reflecting surface of a sample, a device to produce a magnetic field at the sample location, the device being configured to direct the magnetization perpendicularly to the optical plane of incidence and to reverse the direction of the magnetic field, a rotatable quarter-wave plate located after the reflecting surface on the optical path of the reflected light, a second linear polarizer that is rotatable and is located after the quarter-wave plate on the optical path of the reflected light, and a photo-detector located after the second linear polarizer on the optical path of the reflected light, the photo-detector being configured to measure the intensity of the light. A method for extracting a T-MOKE signal in an ellipsometric measurement procedure employs such an apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Eva OBLAK, Patricia RIEGO SAAVEDRA, Andreas BERGER, Aitor GARCÍA MANSO, Ane MARTÍNEZ DE GUEREÑU ELORZA, Fernando ARIZTI, Andoni IRIZAR PICÓN