Patent ID: 11874581
Assignee: RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
Field: Optics (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An electro-optical converter comprising:
a first mirror;
a first dielectric layer, contiguous with the first mirror, wherein the first dielectric layer is optically transparent;
an optical input channel and an optical output channel, both of which extend along a first longitudinal direction which is parallel to the first mirror, the optical input channel and the optical output channel being partially embedded within the first dielectric layer;
a semiconducting layer comprising (1) at least one TMX layer, wherein TM is a transition metal selected from a group consisting of W, Mo, In and Re and X is selected from a group consisting of Se, Se2 and S2 or (2) a semiconductor quantum well layer, wherein the semiconducting layer has a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being contiguous with the first dielectric layer;
a second dielectric layer that is optically transparent and is contiguous with the second surface of the semiconducting layer;
an input electrical terminal and an output electrical terminal, each partially embedded within the second dielectric layer and each contiguous with the semiconducting layer; and
a second mirror.