ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,359, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to nLIGHT Inc. (Camas, Wash.).
"Fiber-based optical modulator" was invented by Dahv A. V. Kliner (Portland, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for temporal amplitude modulation of an optical beam. An exemplary system may include a birefringent fiber positioned between two polarizers, or between a polarized input light source and an output polarizer. Light may enter the birefringent fiber as linearly polarized. Depending on birefringence and orientation of the birefringent fiber, the polarization state changes as the light propagates through the birefringent fiber. This changed...