US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S., Vanderbilt University on Oct. 6 for "Photonic structures with one or more notched side edges" (New York, Vermont, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,366, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.) and Vanderbilt University (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Photonic structures with one or more notched side edges" was invented by Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Abdelsalam Aboketaf (Essex Junction, Vt.), Takako Hirokawa (Ballston Lake, N.Y.), Kellen Arnold (Nashville, Tenn.) and Sharon Weiss (Nashville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for a photonic chip that include photonic device, such as a ring resonator, and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a waveguide core including a first section and a second section separated f...