ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,901, issued on July 1, was assigned to VIAVI Solutions Inc. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Diffusive optical device" was invented by Kangning Liang (Santa Rosa, Calif.), Jaroslaw Zieba (Santa Rosa, Calif.) and Tasso Sales (Pittsford, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a diffusive optical device includes a glass substrate; a first polymer layer disposed on a first surface of the glass substrate; and a second polymer layer disposed on the first polymer layer. A refractive index of the first polymer layer may be different than a refractive index of the second polymer layer. The first surface of the glass substrate may comp...