US Patent Issued to Luminar Technologies on Feb. 3 for "Fast Q switched laser with adaptive Bragg grating structure" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,011, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Luminar Technologies Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Fast Q switched laser with adaptive Bragg grating structure" was invented by Daniel Joseph Klemme (Robbinsdale, Minn.) and Daniel Aaron Mohr (Saint Paul, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method and apparatus for generating pulses in a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system. In some embodiments, a resonance chamber is provided to recirculate electromagnetic radiation from a light source between a base mirror and an active laminated structure characterized as a Bragg grating structure and having interleaved passive and active layers. A Q-switch co...