ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,706, issued on July 22, was assigned to Quantum-Si Inc. (Branford, Conn.).
"Optical microdisks for integrated devices" was invented by Ali Kabiri (Guilford, Conn.), Bing Shen (Branford, Conn.), Gerard Schmid (Guilford, Conn.), James Beach (Austin, Texas), Kyle Preston (Guilford, Conn.) and Sharath Hosali (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods for improving optical signal collection in an integrated device are described. A microdisk can be formed in an integrated device and increase collection and/or concentration of radiation incident on the microdisk and re-radiated by the microdisk. An example integrate...