US Patent Issued to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force on June 30 for "Photodetector focal plane arrays with enhanced detection capability" (North Carolina, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,672,366, issued on June 30, was assigned to United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force (Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio).

"Photodetector focal plane arrays with enhanced detection capability" was invented by Vasily Astratov (Charlotte, N.C.), Grant Bidney (Charlotte, N.C.), Igor Anisimov (Oakwood, Ohio), Joshua Duran (Dayton, Ohio) and Gamini Ariyawansa (Dayton, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetector focal plane array (FPA) with enhanced detection capability and reduced thermal current is provided. The FPA includes light-concentrating dielectric structures in a form of arrays of elements with three-...