US Patent Issued to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia on Sept. 16 for "Ultraviolet and visible light integrated acousto-optic modulators" (New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,824, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia LLC (Albuquerque, N.M.).

"Ultraviolet and visible light integrated acousto-optic modulators" was invented by Nils Thomas Otterstrom (Edgewood, N.M.), Matt Eichenfield (Albuquerque, N.M.), Daniel Dominguez (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Andrew Jay Leenheer (Albuquerque, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acousto-optic modulator that includes a waveguide on an acoustic actuator is disclosed. The waveguide carries an optical signal having a UV or visible wavelength. When the acoustic actuator is activated, the optical signal in the waveguide is ...