ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,524, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Structures including a grating coupler and a layer exhibiting an electric-field-induced pockels effect" was invented by Yusheng Bian (Ballston Lake, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structures including a grating coupler and a layer that exhibits an electric-field-induced Pockels effect and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a first grating coupler on a substrate, a second grating coupler having an overlapping relationship with the first grating coupler, and a layer including a portion having an overlapping relationship with ...