US Patent Issued to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS NC on April 21 for "Bulk glass interferometer design with dispersion for complex conjugate resolution and related aspects" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,450, issued on April 21, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS NC INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Bulk glass interferometer design with dispersion for complex conjugate resolution and related aspects" was invented by Robert H. Hart (Deerfield, Ill.) and Hansford Hendargo (Deerfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A high-dispersion retroreflector includes filter glass transparent at least in near infra-red (NIR) wavelengths and configured to cause differential dispersion of incident broadband low-coherent light in the at least NIR wavelengths."

The patent was filed on Feb. 23, 2024, under Application No. 18/585,109.

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