US Patent Issued to University of Southampton on March 25 for "Optical fiber sensing" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,263, issued on March 25, was assigned to University of Southampton (Southampton, Great Britain).

"Optical fiber sensing" was invented by Andrei Donko (Highfield Southampton, Great Britain), Ali Masoudi (Highfield Southampton, Great Britain), Martynas Beresna (Highfield Southampton, Great Britain) and Gilberto Brambilla (Highfield Southampton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system includes a radiation source, an optical fiber, and a detection device. The radiation source is arranged to emit pulses of radiation. The optical fiber comprises a first end and a core. The first end is arranged to receive pulses of ra...