ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,611, issued on May 20, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Dual output laser diode" was invented by Nadhum Kadhum Zayer (Devon, Great Britain), Abram Jakubowicz (Pfaeffikon, Switzerland), Jean Axel Edmond Teissier (Huningue, France) and Susanne Pawlik (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual output laser diode may include first and second end facets and an active section. The first and second end facets have low reflectivity. The active section is positioned between the first end facet and the second end facet. The active section is configured to generate light that propagates toward each of the...