Patents by Inventor Jon A. Schuller

Jon A. Schuller 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).

  • Semiconductor nanowire antenna solar cells and detectors
    Patent number: 9966483
    Abstract: Patterning planar photo-absorbing materials into arrays of nanowires is demonstrated as a method for increasing the total photon absorption in a given thickness of absorbing material. Such a method can provide faster, cheaper, and more efficient photo-detectors and solar cells. A thin nanowire can absorb many more photons than expected from the size of the nanowire. The reason for this effect is that such nanowires support cylindrical particle resonances which can collect photons from an area larger than the physical cross-section of the wire. These resonances are sometimes referred to as Mie resonances or Leaky Mode Resonances (LMRs). The nanowires can have various cross section shapes, such as square, circle, rectangle, triangle, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Linyou Cao, Pengyu Fan, Alok Vasudev, Jon A. Schuller, Mark L. Brongersma
  • Semiconductor Nanowire Antenna Solar Cells and Detectors
    Publication number: 20150364617
    Abstract: Patterning planar photo-absorbing materials into arrays of nanowires is demonstrated as a method for increasing the total photon absorption in a given thickness of absorbing material. Such a method can provide faster, cheaper, and more efficient photo-detectors and solar cells. A thin nanowire can absorb many more photons than expected from the size of the nanowire. The reason for this effect is that such nanowires support cylindrical particle resonances which can collect photons from an area larger than the physical cross-section of the wire. These resonances are sometimes referred to as Mie resonances or Leaky Mode Resonances (LMRs). The nanowires can have various cross section shapes, such as square, circle, rectangle, triangle, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Linyou Cao, Pengyu Fan, Alok Vasudev, Jon A. Schuller, Mark L. Brongersma
  • Semiconductor nano-wire antenna solar cells and detectors
    Publication number: 20110284723
    Abstract: Patterning planar photo-absorbing materials into arrays of nanowires is demonstrated as a method for increasing the total photon absorption in a given thickness of absorbing material. Such a method can provide faster, cheaper, and more efficient photo-detectors and solar cells. A thin nanowire can absorb many more photons than expected from the size of the nanowire. The reason for this effect is that such nanowires support cylindrical particle resonances which can collect photons from an area larger than the physical cross-section of the wire. These resonances are sometimes referred to as Mie resonances or Leaky Mode Resonances (LMRs). The nanowires can have various cross section shapes, such as square, circle, rectangle, triangle, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Linyou Cao, Pengyu Fan, Alok Vasudev, Jon A. Schuller, Mark L. Brongersma