ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,959, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Optical apparatus, light source apparatus, and optical fiber laser" was invented by Masaya Nakazumi (Tokyo), Naoki Hayamizu (Tokyo) and Yuta Ishige (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical apparatus includes: a base; a light emitting element arranged on the base and configured to output laser light; a plurality of optical components arranged on the base and configured to guide the laser light output from the light emitting element to an optical fiber, and couple the laser light with the optical fiber; and a shielding unit arranged on the base and con...