ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,653, issued on Feb. 10.
"Adaptive optical analyzer with automatic drift control and high dynamic range" was invented by Sean M. Christian (Sparrows Point, Md.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectroscope includes a light source, at least one static optical element for manipulating or structuring light, at least two adaptive optical elements and at least one detector. The at least two adaptive optical elements are configured to partition an optical function of spectral sorting from at least one of the following optical function: routing, attenuation, and/or encoding. The light source, the at least one static optical element, and the ...