US Patent Issued to Intel on Dec. 16 for "Integrated optical coupler" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,520, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Integrated optical coupler" was invented by Hiroki Tanaka (Gilbert, Ariz.), Brandon C. Marin (Gilbert, Ariz.), Kristof Darmawikarta (Chandler, Ariz.) and Srinivas V. Pietambaram (Chandler, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments herein relate to systems, apparatuses, or processes directed to an integrated optical coupler that may be used to optically couple a waveguide and a PIC. In embodiments, the integrated optical coupler may include an optical diffraction grating mechanism, an optical lens, and a Faraday rotator. In embodiments, the integrated o...