US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on March 24 for "Photonics chips with an integrated semiconductor laser" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,064, issued on March 24, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photonics chips with an integrated semiconductor laser" was invented by Kenneth J. Giewont (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.), Theodore Letavic (Putnam Valley, N.Y.) and Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures for a photonics chip that include an integrated semiconductor laser and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a waveguide core, a multi-layer quantum-well stack, and an optical coupler on a portion of the waveguide core. The optical coupler, which comprises a semiconductor material, is disposed be...