ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,316, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Polarization maintaining fiber with alignment features" was invented by Asako Toda (Santa Clara, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments disclosed herein include an optical fiber. In an embodiment, the optical fiber comprises a core and a cladding around the core. In an embodiment, a first rod is within the cladding and adjacent to the core. In an embodiment, the first rod comprises a magnetic material. In an embodiment, the optical fiber further comprises a second rod within the cladding and adjacent to the core, where the first rod and the second ...