US Patent Issued to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY on Dec. 16 for "Integrated silicon structures with optical gain mediated by rare-earth-doped tellurium-oxide-coating" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,388, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MCMASTER UNIVERSITY (Hamilton, Canada).

"Integrated silicon structures with optical gain mediated by rare-earth-doped tellurium-oxide-coating" was invented by Jonathan Bradley (Oakville, Canada), Andrew Knights (Dundas, Canada), Khadijeh Miarabbas Kiani (Hamilton, Canada), Henry Frankis (Hamilton, Canada), Dawson Bonneville (Hamilton, Canada) and Cameron Naraine (Hamilton, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid silicon devices are disclosed in which a silicon-based resonant structure is coated with a rare-earth-doped tellurium oxide layer that facilitates optical gain, thereby forming a s...