ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,265,259, issued on April 1, was assigned to Teramount Ltd. (Jerusalem).
"Waveguide mode coupling" was invented by Abraham Israel (Jerusalem) and Hesham Taha (Jerusalem).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical mode coupler for mode coupling of waveguides. The optical mode coupler includes an oxide cladding layer, a waveguide channel formed on the oxide cladding layer, and a waveguide portion formed on the oxide cladding layer and partially enclosed by the waveguide channel on an end of the waveguide portion. The waveguide portion has a tapered region located on the end of the waveguide portion. The tapered region has a dual-plane taperin...