ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,977, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).
"Laser module" was invented by Shohei Hayashi (Hamamatsu, Japan), Kazuue Fujita (Hamamatsu, Japan), Akio Ito (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Atsushi Nakanishi (Hamamatsu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The laser module includes a QCL element and a support member. The QCL element has a first end surface located on a first side in a second direction orthogonal to a stacking direction and a second end surface located on a second side opposite to the first side in the second direction. The substrate has first to fourth substrate-surfaces. The support member...