ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,700, issued on June 17, was assigned to Gigaphoton Inc. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Wavelength conversion apparatus, solid-state laser system, and electronic device manufacturing method" was invented by Yohei Tanaka (Oyama, Japan), Chen Qu (Oyama, Japan) and Atsushi Fuchimukai (Oyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wavelength conversion apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a wavelength conversion apparatus that performs wavelength conversion of light through a non-linear crystal and including a first non-linear crystal, a container in which the first non-linear crystal is housed, a crystal holding member provi...