ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,555, issued on May 13, was assigned to Lumentum Operations LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Pump-signal combiner" was invented by Patrick Gregg (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Richard D. Faulhaber (San Carlos, Calif.), Martin H. Muendel (Oakland, Calif.), Jeff Gregg (San Jose, Calif.) and Kyle R. Schneider (Milpitas, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser component includes a pump-signal combiner, which includes a first capillary, a plurality of pump fibers, a second capillary, and a signal fiber. The plurality of pump fibers, the second capillary, and the signal fiber are arranged in a bundle configuration. The bundle configuration is disposed ...