US Patent Issued to GlobalFoundries U.S. on Oct. 28 for "Photonics chip structures including an edge coupler and a layer exhibiting an electric-field-induced Pockels effect" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,466, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to GlobalFoundries U.S. Inc. (Malta, N.Y.).

"Photonics chip structures including an edge 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: "Photonics chip structures including an edge coupler and a layer that exhibits an electric-field-induced Pockels effect and methods of forming such structures. The structure comprises a substrate, an edge coupler on the substrate, and a layer including a portion that has an overlapping relationship with the edge coupler. The layer comprises a material that exh...