ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,513, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Nonlinear wave mixing system with grating-assisted phase matching" was invented by Matthew Wade Puckett (Phoenix), Chad Fertig (Roseville, Minn.), Matthew Robbins (Minneapolis) and Jad Salman (Wayzata, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nonlinear wave mixing system with grating assisted phase matching is provided. The system includes a pump laser and a nonlinear waveguide. The pump laser is used to generate pump light at a select wavelength. The nonlinear waveguide is configured to generate produced light from the pump light that is directed i...