ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,212, issued on Aug. 25.
"Photonic devices and methods" was invented by Eyal Terkieltaub Lee (Rosh Haayn, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photonic device which includes input waveguides for receiving respective input optical signals, output waveguides for emitting respective output optical signals, and an element which interacts with the input optical signals for generating the output optical signals. The element interacts with the input optical signals dependent on the intensity range, and is either a saturable absorber or a reverse saturable absorber. The photonic device may be a part of a photonic chip operable in accordanc...