Patent ID: 11885985
Assignee: REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 6:
7. A method of forming a graphene plasmon resonator, the method comprising:
providing a planar dielectric layer;
forming a planar patterned layer upon a first side of the planar dielectric layer wherein the planar patterned layer comprises a plurality of electrically conductive segments and a plurality of dielectric segments, each dielectric segment defined between a corresponding pair of the electrically conductive segments, wherein each electrically conductive segment is configured as an electrical gate;
applying a graphene layer, having a first face and a second face opposite the first face and configured to support excited plasmons, upon the planar dielectric layer opposite the planar patterned layer;
forming a source electrode on the second face;
forming a drain electrode on the second face and spaced apart from the source electrode; and
further providing a waveguide comprising a dielectric segment arranged substantially parallel to the graphene plasmon resonator, wherein the dielectric segment defines a major axis and is sized to support a waveguide mode that propagates along the major axis.