US Patent Issued to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE on Aug. 5 for "Micro-machined thin film lithium niobate electro-optic devices" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,618, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Micro-machined thin film lithium niobate electro-optic devices" was invented by Cheng Wang (Cambridge, Mass.), Mian Zhang (Cambridge, Mass.) and Marko Loncar (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical devices and their fabrication from thin film lithium niobate are provided. In some embodiments, an optical device includes a substrate and an optical waveguide disposed on the substrate. The optical waveguide comprises lithium niobate. The optical waveguide has a central ridge extending laterally along the substrate. A pair ...