US 12,456,813 B2
Helical slow-wave structures with integrated couplers of THz radiation: devices and methods of fabrication
Francesca Cavallo, Albuquerque, NM (US); Divya Prakash, Albuquerque, NM (US); Daniel W. van der Weide, Albuquerque, NM (US); Max G. Lagally, Albuquerque, NM (US); Shiva Hajitabarmarznaki, Albuquerque, NM (US); and Shelley S. Scott, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Assigned to UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed by UNM Rainforest Innovations, Albuquerque, NM (US)
Filed on Nov. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/508,172.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/424,465, filed on Nov. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0162620 A1, May 16, 2024
Int. Cl. H01Q 11/08 (2006.01); H01Q 1/38 (2006.01); H01Q 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01Q 11/08 (2013.01) [H01Q 1/38 (2013.01); H01Q 13/02 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising: input and output coaxial horn antennas coupled with a self-assembled helical slow-wave structure cradled in a trench in a silicon-on-insulator wafer.