ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,775,097, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Tunable laser light source and LiDAR apparatus including the same" was invented by Woosung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongjae Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tunable laser light source includes a substrate; a waveguide layer disposed on the substrate, and including: a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide that are spaced apart from each other in a first direction and that extend in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a first optical amplifier provided on the first optic...