US Patent Issued to Research Foundation of the City University of New York on Oct. 27 for "Programmable universal photonic array" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,137, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Research Foundation of the City University of New York (New York).

"Programmable universal photonic array" was invented by Mohammad-Ali Miri (Plainview, N.Y.) and Matthew Markowitz (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mjuniversal photonic apparatus that performs an arbitrary discrete linear unitary operation on a source of light comprises a plurality of waveguides, including: a plurality of input ports that receive a plurality of first optical signals from a light source; a plurality of channels positioned in parallel for transmitting the first optical signals along a length of the ...