ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,000, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SHENZHEN TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY (Guangdong, China).

"Whispering gallery mode resonator based on cylindrical cavity in optical fiber and fabrication method thereof" was invented by Dongning Wang (Guangdong, China), Yongli Mei (Guangdong, China) and Qiaoben Wang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A whispering gallery mode resonator based on a cylindrical cavity in an optical fiber and a fabrication method thereof are disclosed, which belong to the technical field of optical fiber application. The whispering gallery mode resonator includes an optical fiber body, a cylindrical cavity...