ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,397, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to PHOTONIC INC. (Coquitlam, Canada).
"Systems, devices, articles, and methods to direct optical signals using luminescent defects in semiconductor material" was invented by Stephanie Simmons (Burnaby, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Information processing systems, devices, articles and methods are configured for receiving a first photon at a first switch including a first region of semiconductor material, and a first local defect disposed in the first region of semiconductor material. The first local defect has a first defect computational state. Based on, at least, the first defect computati...