ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,202, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Ayar Labs Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for coupling light into a multi-mode resonator" was invented by John Fini (Oakland, Calif.), Derek Van Orden (San Francisco) and Mark Wade (Berkeley, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photonic system includes a passive optical cavity and an optical waveguide. The passive optical cavity has a preferred radial mode for light propagation within the passive optical cavity. The preferred radial mode has a unique light propagation constant within the passive optical cavity. The optical waveguide is configured to extend past the passive opt...