US Patent Issued to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona on May 27 for "Achromatic and polarization adaptive optics system" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,468, issued on May 27, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Achromatic and polarization adaptive optics system" was invented by Stanley Pau (Tucson, Ariz.) and Michael Hart (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems and devices are disclosed to detect and compensate wavefront errors associated with light that spans a large range of wavelengths and different polarization states. One example system includes an optical wavefront sensor that is positioned to receive input light after propagation through a turbulent medium, such as air or water or other liqui...