US Patent Issued to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES on May 12 for "In-fiber optical microresonators and couplers" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,323, issued on May 12, was assigned to VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (Blacksburg, Va.).

"In-fiber optical microresonators and couplers" was invented by Shuo Yang (Blacksburg, Va.) and Anbo Wang (Blacksburg, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming an optical fiber having at least one of a microresonator and a coupler integrated therein is described. The method includes providing an optical fiber having a light guiding core. modifying at least one region of the optical fiber using a laser, immersing the optical fiber having the at least one region as modified inside an etchant that selectively etches the at ...