Patents by Inventor Gian von Salis

Gian von Salis 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: 9564523
    Abstract: The present invention is notably directed to a spin-orbit coupled device. This device comprises a confinement part. It further includes a circuitry, having an input device, energizable to inject spin-polarizations to charge carriers in an input region of the confinement part. The circuitry further comprises an output device, usable to detect spin-polarizations of charge carriers in an output region of the confinement part. The confinement part may be is configured to subject charge carriers drifting therein to a non-linear spin-orbit interaction, which causes to rotate a spin polarization of the drifting charge carriers by an angle that depends non-linearly on momenta of such charge carriers. The circuitry may be configured to allow momenta of charge carriers drifting in the confinement part to be varied, while injecting spin-polarizations in the input region. Varying momenta allows spin-polarizations of drifting charge carriers to be rotated, owing to said non-linear spin-orbit interaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Patrick B. Altmann, Gian von Salis