US Patent Issued to Lumentum Operations on Oct. 6 for "Slow axis, or slow axis and fast axis, wavelength beam combining for laser minibars" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,161, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Slow axis, or slow axis and fast axis, wavelength beam combining for laser minibars" was invented by John G. Bai (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical module includes a stepped structure; a plurality of laser minibars; a plurality of FACs; a plurality of SACs; a plurality of gratings; and an OC. At least one laser minibar, of the plurality of laser minibars, is disposed on each step of the plurality of steps of the stepped structure. The plurality of laser minibars are configured to emit a plurality of laser beams. The plurality o...