Patents by Inventor Amirhassan SHAMS-ANSARI

Amirhassan SHAMS-ANSARI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240429627
    Abstract: A terahertz device for detecting or emitting or for both detecting and emitting electromagnetic waves in the terahertz frequency range. The terahertz device comprises: a first waveguide branch and a second waveguide branch, the first and second waveguide branches being configured to allow optical signals to propagate through them, the first and second waveguide branches being nonlinear dielectric elements with a thickness of at most 500 micrometres; and an antenna arrangement comprising a set of antennas for capturing and/or emitting electromagnetic waves in the terahertz frequency range, the antennas being placed along at least one of the waveguide branches in an immediate vicinity of the respective waveguide branch and/or around the respective waveguide branch to at least partially enclose the respective waveguide branch in a respective antenna gap of the respective antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE (EPFL), ETH ZURICH, PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE
    Inventors: Ileana-Cristina BENEA-CHELMUS, Marko LONCAR, Jerome FAIST, Alessandro TOMASINO, Amirhassan SHAMS-ANSARI, Alexa HERTER, Yazan LAMPERT ALMAHMOUD