US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on July 7 for "External resonant laser module" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,457, issued on July 7, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"External resonant laser module" was invented by Atsushi Sugiyama (Hamamatsu, Japan), Takahide Ochiai (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Tadataka Edamura (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The laser module includes a QCL element, a diffraction grating unit, a first lens holder, a second lens holder, and a mount member. The first mounting portion has a first top surface on which the first lens holder is mounted via an adhesive layer. The third mounting portion has a third top surface on which the second lens holder is mounted via an adhesive layer. Th...