ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,533, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to BOYA ADVANCED MATERIALS Co. LTD. (Meishan, China).

"Methods and devices for preparing single-crystal claddings" was invented by Yu Wang (Meishan, China), Peng Gu (Meishan, China) and Zhenxing Liang (Meishan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method and a device for preparing a single-crystal cladding. The method may include preparing an amorphous material; melting the amorphous material to form an amorphous melt; submerging an optical fiber in the amorphous melt; forming an amorphous cladding around a periphery of the optical fiber; and obtaining the single-crystal cladding b...