US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on June 24 for "Optical device and photodetection system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,400, issued on June 24, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Optical device and photodetection system" was invented by Kazuki Nakamura (Osaka, Japan), Yasuhisa Inada (Osaka, Japan) and Taku Hirasawa (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device includes: a first mirror having a first reflecting surface extending in a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a second mirror having a second reflecting surface; an optical waveguide layer that is located between the first and second mirrors and propagates light in the first direction; and...