Optical waveguide transmission devices

H Temkin, RF Kazarinov - US Patent 6,493,487, 2002 - Google Patents
An optical waveguide device comprising a free space region, suitably provided by a slab
waveguide, having optical signal ports for coupling to input and output waveguide sections …

Arrayed waveguide grating with waveguides of unequal widths

K McGreer - US Patent 6,853,769, 2005 - Google Patents
The present invention provides an arrayed waveguide such that each waveguide of the
grating has a substantially uniform width, but the width of any single waveguide in the …

Filtering of data-encoded optical signals

PB Hansen, TN Nielsen - US Patent App. 09/143,913, 2002 - Google Patents
An optical filtering and multiplexing Scheme obtains very high Spectral density and
increased maximum transmission distances without costly dispersion compensating equip …

Bulk internal bragg gratings and optical devices

VA Bhagavatula, NF Borrelli, MK Davis… - US Patent …, 2003 - Google Patents
The present invention provides photonic devices utilized in optical telecommunications. The
photonic devices include photoSensitive bulk glass bodies which contain Bragg gratings …

Tuneable optical filters

TV Clapp, A Robinson - US Patent 6,459,533, 2002 - Google Patents
The present invention is directed to a construction of a waveguide format of tuneable optical
filter that is capable of a reasonably fast response. According to the present invention, there …

Method of modifying the longitudinal distribution of the pitch of a diffraction grating, and a method of making such a grating in an optical waveguide

J Guillon, D Macia, I Riant, P Sansonetti - US Patent 5,613,023, 1997 - Google Patents
To modify the longitudinal pitch distribution of a diffraction grating, longitudinal dimensional
variation is imparted, over time, to a support along the entire length of a line on which said …

Bandwidth tunable gratings for dynamic dispersion compensation in lightwave

ST Vohra, CC Chang, B Althouse - US Patent 6,580,855, 2003 - Google Patents
US6580855B1 - Bandwidth tunable gratings for dynamic dispersion compensation in lightwave -
Google Patents US6580855B1 - Bandwidth tunable gratings for dynamic dispersion …

Stray light absorber including grating array

P Kersten, G Schreiber, R Münzner - US Patent 6,990,275, 2006 - Google Patents
An optical component comprising an optical waveguide and adjacent to it at least one
grating array adapted to reflect stray light away from said optical waveguide. The use of a …

Arrayed waveguide grating with waveguides of unequal widths

K McGreer - US Patent App. 11/021,866, 2005 - Google Patents
The present invention provides an arrayed waveguide such that each waveguide of the
grating has a substantially uniform width, but the width of any single waveguide in the …

Spectral band-pass filter having high selectivity and controlled polarization

G Vincent, R Haidar, S Collin, JL Pelouard - US Patent 9,052,454, 2015 - Google Patents
According to a first aspect, the invention relates to a band pass spectral filter, optimized for
the transmission of an inci dent wave at at least one first given central wavelength wo …