US Patent Issued to Lumentum Operations on Aug. 11 for "Variable ring beam generator" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,045, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Variable ring beam generator" was invented by Patrick Gregg (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Martin H. Muendel (Oakland, Calif.), Richard D. Faulhaber (San Carlos, Calif.), Alex Hatcher (San Jose, Calif.) and John Peck (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical assembly may comprise an input fiber to provide a beam, a process fiber comprising a ring-shaped outer core surrounded by a cladding, and a first beam shifter arranged to receive the beam from the input fiber and to shift the beam spatially to illuminate the ring-shaped outer core of the ...