ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,113, issued on July 8, was assigned to HERIOT-WATT UNIVERSITY (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
"Optical parametric oscillator system" was invented by John C. Travers (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and Federico Belli (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical parametric oscillator (OPO) system comprises an optical waveguide including a hollow core containing a fluid, wherein the optical waveguide is configured to receive pump light and to convert the pump light into signal light and idler light via a third order non-linear optical effect. The OPO system further comprises an optical feedback arrangement for recycling at ...