ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,550, issued on May 27, was assigned to ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA (Tucson, Ariz.).

"All-fiber single-cavity dual-comb for coherent anti-stokes Raman scattering spectroscopy based on spectral focusing" was invented by Khanh Q. Kieu (Tucson, Ariz.) and Yukun Qin I (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of performing coherent anti-stokes Raman spectroscopy (CARS) includes generating first and second optical pulse trains having different and adjustable repetition rates. One of the pulse trains is directed in a CW direction and the other in a CCW direction. A frequency shift and a first...