US Patent Issued to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES on June 16 for "Photocathode including nanostructures for extended wavelengths" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,397, issued on June 16, was assigned to L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Photocathode including nanostructures for extended wavelengths" was invented by Bed Pantha (Chandler, Ariz.), Jacob J. Becker (Gilbert, Ariz.) and Jon D. Burnsed (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photocathode. The photocathode includes an absorber. The absorber a p-type bulk active layer and a plurality of nanostructures formed on the p-type bulk active layer. The Photocathode further includes the plurality of nanostructures, such that the plurality of nanostructures are formed at a band bending region between the bulk active layer and...