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Patents listed here reflect only technologies patented from FY 2018-present. To view all of NIST's patented technologies, visit the NIST pages on the Federal Laboratory Consortium website.
The Tapered Polymer Optical Probe (TPOP) is a state-of-the-art light probe that collects light from very small, localized areas. It is a small loop of a thin plastic "string" that collects light from a localized area near the loop into a fiber optic for signal testing. The probe is made of a durable
A barcoded end facet printed photonic chip includes: an optically transparent direct laser writing substrate including a transverse waveguide writing surface to receive a direct write laser light for off-axis direct write laser printing and a facet surface to receive the direct write laser light for