ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,617, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Terabix Inc. (Emerald Hills, Calif.).
"Tunable laser with channel selector" was invented by Andrew Daiber (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and Sergei Sochava (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods here may include improved tunable lasers having a tunable filter and a tunable channel selector that can control precisely the wavelength and the bandwidth of the light emitted by the laser, while suppressing light that may otherwise be emitted by the laser outside the desired wavelength and bandwidth with unidirectional ring lasers having a resonator of which forms a ring and wher...