US Patent Issued to Attochron on April 15 for "Impulsive detection techniques in free space optical communications" (Virginia, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,665, issued on April 15, was assigned to Attochron LLC (Lexington, Va.).

"Impulsive detection techniques in free space optical communications" was invented by Thomas M. Chaffee (Lexington, Va.) and Wayne H. Knox (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for transmitting information optically. For instance, a system may include an optical source configured to generate a beam of light. The system may include at least one modulator configured to encode data on the beam of light to produce an encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses. The system may include a spectrally-equalizing amplifier ...