US 12,468,074 B2
Plasmonic borophene nanoribbon metal-insulator-metal structure for quantum imaging
Yukihiro Tadokoro, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Ziqi Yu, Ann Arbor, MI (US)
Assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/389,925.
Prior Publication US 2025/0208323 A1, Jun. 26, 2025
Int. Cl. G02B 5/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G02F 1/19 (2019.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01)
CPC G02B 5/008 (2013.01) [B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02F 1/0018 (2013.01); G02F 1/19 (2013.01); G06N 10/40 (2022.01); G02F 2202/30 (2013.01); G02F 2202/36 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A nanophotonic device, comprising
a first substrate that is optically transparent and electrically conductive;
a second substrate, residing on the first substrate, that is optically transparent and electrically insulative;
a first borophene nanoribbon array electrically coupled to a first electrode, both residing on the second substrate;
a third substrate, residing on the second substrate, that is optically transparent and electrically insulative; and
a second borophene nanoribbon array electrically coupled to a second electrode, both residing on the third substrate.