US Patent Issued to Raytheon on Feb. 3 for "Amplified laser device using a MEMS MMA having tip, tilt and piston capability to both correct a beam profile and steer the amplified beam" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,098, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).

"Amplified laser device using a MEMS MMA having tip, tilt and piston capability to both correct a beam profile and steer the amplified beam" was invented by Gerald P. Uyeno (Tucson, Ariz.), Sean D. Keller (Tucson, Ariz.) and Benn H. Gleason (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amplified laser device is provided with one or more Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) Micro-Mirror Arrays (MMAs) having tip, tilt and piston capability positioned on either side of the optical amplifier to correct the profile of the beam to improve the gain performance of the ...