US Patent Issued to nLIGHT on Jan. 13 for "Method, system and apparatus for differential current injection" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,770, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to nLIGHT Inc. (Camas, Wash.).

"Method, system and apparatus for differential current injection" was invented by Manoj Kanskar (Camas, Wash.) and Zhigang Chen (Camas, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser diode, comprising a transverse waveguide comprising an active layer between an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer wherein the transverse waveguide is bounded by a lower index n-cladding layer on an n-side of the transverse waveguide and a lower index p-cladding layer on a p-side of the transverse waveguide a cavity that is orthogonal to the transverse waveguide, wh...