US Patent Issued to HyperLight on June 24 for "Controlled chirp in optical devices" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,563, issued on June 24, was assigned to HyperLight Corp. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Controlled chirp in optical devices" was invented by Christian Reimer (Wellesley, Mass.) and Mian Zhang (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optic device including a first waveguide, a second waveguide, and electrodes is described. The first waveguide includes a first thin film lithium-containing (TFLC) electro-optic material and carries a first optical signal. The second waveguide includes a second TFLC electro-optic material and carries a second optical signal. The electrodes include a differential electrode pair proximate to a port...