US Patent Issued to Lumentum Operations on Feb. 10 for "Multiple signal fiber, optical pump-signal combiner" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,966, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"Multiple signal fiber, optical pump-signal combiner" was invented by Richard D. Faulhaber (San Carlos, Calif.), Patrick Gregg (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Jeff Gregg (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical pump-signal combiner includes a first end and a second end. The optical pump-signal combiner is tapered down from the first end to the second end. At a first cross-section of the optical pump-signal combiner associated with the first end, the optical pump-signal combiner includes a capillary, a plurality of signal fibers that are dis...