ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,508, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Hubei, China).

"Phase-change electrically-controlled photonic neuron device and preparation method and application thereof" was invented by Rui Yang (Hubei, China), Yunxiao Dong (Hubei, China) and Xiangshui Miao (Hubei, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention belongs to the field related to optoelectronic technology and discloses a novel phase-change electrically-controlled photonic neuron device and a preparation method and an application thereof. The device includes a substrate, a waveguide layer, a phase-change material layer, and a h...