US Patent Issued to Lawrence Livermore National Security on May 12 for "Optical amplifier" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,627,113, issued on May 12, was assigned to Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Livermore, Calif.).

"Optical amplifier" was invented by Stephen Anthony Payne (Castro Valley, Calif.), Raymond Beach (Livermore, Calif.), Jean-Michel Di Nicola (Livermore, Calif.), Alvin Erlandson (Livermore, Calif.), John Heebner (San Ramon, Calif.), Jeremy Lusk (Livermore, Calif.), William A. Molander (Livermore, Calif.), Samuel Edward Schrauth (Livermore, Calif.) and Jen Nan Wong (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical amplifier comprises a gain medium having an input surface and an output surface wherein the output surface is larger...