ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,335,649, issued on June 17, was assigned to ALPHACORE INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Methods and systems for signal sampling using spatial dispersion and photonics assistance" was invented by Esko Olavi Mikkola (Mesa, Ariz.) and Esen Salcin (Mesa, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and system for signal sampling using spatial dispersion are disclosed. In an example, a system includes a time-to-wavelength dispersion system configured to generate a wavelength dispersed optical pulse that is modulated according to an input signal, a wavelength-to-space dispersion system configured to spatially disperse the wavelength dispersed optical puls...