Patents by Inventor Chaffra Affouda

Chaffra Affouda 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).

  • Computationally efficient method for building quantum heterostructures
    Patent number: 9305122
    Abstract: A computationally efficient method for building a superlattice structure that improves an optoelectronic device performance characteristic that depends on fundamental superlattice material properties such as absorption coefficient ?(?), radiative efficiency Rsp and/or electron density n.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Igor Vurgaftman, Jerry R. Meyer, Chaffra Affouda, Matthew P. Lumb, Edward H. Aifer