US Patent Issued to Attochron on July 8 for "Broadband wavelength division multiplexing for free space optical communications" (Virginia, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,551, issued on July 8, was assigned to Attochron LLC (Lexington, Va.).

"Broadband wavelength division multiplexing for free space optical communications" was invented by Thomas M. Chaffee (Lexington, Va.), Wayne H. Knox (Rochester, N.Y.), Brian M. Gregory (Lexington, Va.) and Taz M. Colangelo (Lexington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described for transmitting information optically in free space. For instance, a system may include an optical signal generator to generate an amplified beam of light. A telescope transmits the amplified beam through the medium and receives an inbound beam of light. A detector ...