Patents by Inventor Sascha MÜHLBRANDT

Sascha MÜHLBRANDT 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).

  • Patent number: 10276734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plasmonic components, more particularly plasmonic waveguides, and to plasmonic photodetectors that can be used in the field of microoptics and nanooptics, more particularly in highly integrated optical communications systems in the infrared range (IR range) as well as in power engineering, e.g. photovoltaics in the visible range. The present invention also specifies a method for producing a plasmonic component, more particularly for photodetection on the basis of internal photoemission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Karlsruher Institut Für Technologie
    Inventors: Sascha Mühlbrandt, Jürg Leuthold, Manfred Kohl
  • Publication number: 20170194514
    Abstract: The present invention relates to plasmonic components, more particularly plasmonic waveguides, and to plasmonic photodetectors that can be used in the field of microoptics and nanooptics, more particularly in highly integrated optical communications systems in the infrared range (IR range) as well as in power engineering, e.g. photovoltaics in the visible range. The present invention also specifies a method for producing a plasmonic component, more particularly for photodetection on the basis of internal photoemission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Sascha MÜHLBRANDT, Jurg LEUTHOLD, Manfred KOHL