ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,281, issued on July 22, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, N.J.).

"System and method for optical feedback stabilized semiconductor frequency combs" was invented by Chu C. Teng (Edison, N.J.), Jonas Westberg (Princeton, N.J.) and Gerard Wysocki (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to various embodiments, a system for stabilizing operation of semiconductor laser frequency combs via optical feedback is disclosed. The system includes an external cavity having a beam-splitter, polarizer, and mirror or partially reflective element mounted on a translational stage. The external cavity and a...