ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,265, issued on March 18.

"Devices comprising distributed bragg reflectors and methods of making the devices" was invented by Tito Busani (Albuquerque, N.M.), Daniel Feezell (Albuquerque, N.M.), Mahmoud Behzadirad (Albuquerque, N.M.), Morteza Monavarian (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Saadat Mishkat-Ul-Masabih (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a device. The method comprises forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a periodically doped layer on the buffer layer; forming one or more wires on the periodically doped layer, the wires being chosen from nanowires and microwires; and introducing porosity int...