ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,402, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PsiQuantum Corp. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Method and structure to incorporate multiple low loss photonic circuit components" was invented by Vimal Kamineni (Mechanicville, N.Y.), Nicholas V. LiCausi (Watervliet, N.Y.), Ann Melnichuk (Rio Rancho, N.M.), James Jay McMahon (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Henrik Johansson (Wilton, N.Y.) and Alexey Vert (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photonic integrated circuit including a substrate, a plurality of oxide layers on the substrate, and various passive and active integrated optical components in the plurality of oxide layers. The integrated opt...