US Patent Issued to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York on May 26 for "Beam steering and receiving method based on an optical switch array" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,472, issued on May 26, was assigned to The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (New York).

"Beam steering and receiving method based on an optical switch array" was invented by Michal Lipson (New York), Christopher Thomas Phare (New York), You-Chia Chang (New York) and Steven A. Miller (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus comprising an optical switch array comprising a plurality of optical switches configured to selectively route light through one or more of a plurality of waveguides, a plurality of emitters, wherein at least one emitter of the plurality of emitters is disposed in communica...