US Patent Issued to Attochron on May 27 for "Broadband impulsive coding with amplified spontaneous emission source for free space optical communications" (Virginia, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,376, issued on May 27, was assigned to Attochron LLC (Lexington, Va.).

"Broadband impulsive coding with amplified spontaneous emission source for 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: "An optical system for transmitting a beam of light through a variably refractive medium includes an optical source configured to generate a first beam of light, a modulator system, and an amplifier. The modulator system includes a driver configured to generate a driver signal and at least one modulator. The at least one modulator is configur...