ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,402, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to EAGLE TECHNOLOGY LLC (Melbourne, Fla.).

"Acousto-optic modulator system and device with connections and related methods" was invented by Peter A. Wasilousky (Indian Harbour Beach, Fla.), Christopher A. Corey (Palm Bay, Fla.), Carrigan L. Braun (West Melbourne, Fla.), Michael R. Lange (Melbourne, Fla.), Catheryn D. Logan (Melbourne, Fla.) and Randall K. Morse (Palm Bay, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acousto-optic system may include a laser source, and an AOM coupled to the laser source and having an acousto-optic medium and transducer electrodes carried by the medium. The acousto-optic sy...