ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,602, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to University of Notre Dame du Lac (South Bend, Ind.).

"Short-wavelength spin wave transducer" was invented by Hadrian Aquino (South Bend, Ind.), Alexei Orlov (South Bend, Ind.), Gary H. Bernstein (South Bend, Ind.), Jonathan Chisum (South Bend, Ind.), David Connelly (South Bend, Ind.) and Wolfgang Porod (South Bend, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device that produces spin waves includes a base substrate, a transducer that includes a first plane defined by a first magnetic film and a second plane defined by a plurality of metal strips, and a second magnetic film having a spin-wave phase v...