MUMBAI, India, May 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641042216 A) filed by Cvr College Of Engineering, Hyderabad, Telangana, on April 2, for 'phase shift enabled refractive index sensing with vector vortex beams using conjugate mode interferometer.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. C. Hari Krishna.

The application for the patent was published on May 29, under issue no. 22/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "This invention presents a refractive index sensor that converts minute phase changes due to the sample into corresponding modifications in the spatial polarization structure of a vector vortex beam. A conjugate mode interferometer is used to generate vortex beams ...