US Patent Issued to Lightwave Logic on June 30 for "Nonlinear optical chromophores having tetrahydrocarbazole donor groups, lyotropic compositions containing the same, and methods of poling such compositions" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,743, issued on June 30, was assigned to Lightwave Logic Inc. (Englewood, Colo.).

"Nonlinear optical chromophores having tetrahydrocarbazole donor groups, lyotropic compositions containing the same, and methods of poling such compositions" was invented by Cory Pecinovsky (Lafayette, Colo.), Barry Johnson (Castle Rock, Colo.) and Ginelle A. Ramann (Centennial, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nonlinear optical chromophore compositions which display lyotropic nematic liquid crystal phases in polar organic solvents and provide a mechanical anisotropic effect allowing for the formation of a non-centrosymmetric chromophore-polymer matr...