ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,905, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Teknologian tutkimuskeskus VTT Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Fabry-Perot interferometer having supporting elements" was invented by Christer Holmlund (VTT, Finland), Aki Keskisaari (VTT, Finland), Ingmar Stuns (VTT, Finland) and Hans Toivanen (VTT, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Fabry-Perot interferometer includes a first mirror plate with a first semi-transparent mirror, a second semi-transparent mirror to define an optical cavity together with the first mirror, and one or more first supporting elements to support the first mirror plate, wherein the first mirror plate has a first substantial...