Flexible Nanophotonic Cavity-Enhanced Infrared Photodetectors Employing Double Quantum Wells
Double-quantum-well infrared photodetectors (DQWIPs) integrated with nanophotonic cavities enable highly responsive mid-infrared detection through enhanced intersubband absorption in the thin semiconductor heterostructure. Additionally, the technology is compatible with flexible substrates.
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Quantum Well Infrared Photodetectors (QWIPs)...
Published: 1/30/2026
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Inventor(s): Peter Liu, Puspita Paul
Keywords(s): Featured, Imaging: Medical Imaging, Instrumentation, Night vision and thermal imaging, Optics, Research Tool, Sensors, Surveillance, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Engineering, Technology Classifications > Semiconductor Devices and Manufacturing, Technology Classifications > Quantum Computing
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Energy Efficient Steep Slope Cold Electron DIRAC Transistor
Graphene-enabled Dirac-source "cold" electron transistor breaks the sub-60 mV/decade threshold and achieves current density over 1µA/µm
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Power dissipation and energy efficiency in electronics are huge barriers facing the explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). Metal-oxide-semiconductor...
Published: 12/5/2025
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Inventor(s): Huamin Li, Fei Yao
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Energy Conservation, Technology Classifications > Nanotechnology, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Quantum Computing
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Dative Epitaxy - Growing Semiconductor Materials on vdW Templates
This is a distinct form of thin film epitaxy utilizing dative bonds used to grow semiconductor crystals with single unit cell thickness on a thin layer vdW template.
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Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors are the core force of next-generation electronics and optoelectronics, which are expected to exhibit quantum effect and greatly improve...
Published: 1/30/2026
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Inventor(s): Hao Zeng, Mengying Bian
Keywords(s): Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Materials and Chemicals, Technology Classifications > Computers, Technology Classifications > Quantum Computing
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Quantum Sensing Using Entangled Photons and Phonons
A quantum semiconductor design that opens up the possibility of realizing novel devices in which electron-phonon coupling is exploited to generate single phonons on-demand.
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Hot carriers in semiconductor devices may lose energy efficiently through the emission of phonons. In 2D materials, the phonon energies (100-200 meV) can be well...
Published: 9/12/2025
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Inventor(s): Vasili Perebeinos, Jonathan Bird, Huamin Li
Keywords(s): Featured, Technologies
Category(s): Campus > University at Buffalo, Technology Classifications > Electronics, Technology Classifications > Computers, Technology Classifications > Sensors, Technology Classifications > Semiconductor Devices and Manufacturing, Technology Classifications > Quantum Computing
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