US Patent Issued to Battelle Memorial Institute on March 24 for "Dispersive optical elements, devices, systems and methods using the same" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,052, issued on March 24, was assigned to Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, Ohio).

"Dispersive optical elements, devices, systems and methods using the same" was invented by Steven M. Risser (Reynoldsburg, Ohio), Richard J. Higgins (Lewis Center, Ohio), Jonathan A. Gluck (Columbus, Ohio), Douglas A. Thornton (Columbus, Ohio) and Richard W. Ridgway (Westerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a dispersive optical device (DOD) that includes a first material having a first refractive index (n1) at a first wavelength (W1) and a first chromatic dispersion (D1); and at least one dispersive optical ...