US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Nov. 3 for "Weak index guiding of interband lasers bonded to GaAs substrates" (Maryland, Virginia, California, District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,363, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Weak index guiding of interband lasers bonded to GaAs substrates" was invented by Jerry R. Meyer (Catonsville, Md.), Alexander Spott (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Vijaysekhar Jayaraman (Goleta, Calif.), Chul Soo Kim (West Springfield, Va.), Mijin Kim (West Springfield, Va.), Chadwick L Canedy (Washington), Charles D. Merritt (Fairfax, Va.), William W. Bewley (Falls Church, Va.) and Igor Vurgaftman (Severna Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Semiconductor laser architectures that provide...