公开(公告)号：US08615148B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-24

申请号：US13040761

申请日：2011-03-04

申请人： Long Chen ,  Christopher Doerr

发明人： Long Chen ,  Christopher Doerr

IPC分类号： G02B6/26

CPC分类号： G02B6/1228 ,  G02B6/14

摘要： Various exemplary embodiments relate to an optical waveguide coupler including: a first optical waveguide including a first area and a tapered area having a tapered width; a second optical waveguide including a first area and a tapered area having a tapered width; wherein the first area of the of the second optical waveguide overlaps the tapered area of the first optical wave guide, and wherein the tapered area of the second optical waveguide overlaps the first area of the first optical waveguide.

摘要翻译： 各种示例性实施例涉及一种光波导耦合器，包括：第一光波导，包括具有锥形宽度的第一区域和锥形区域; 第二光波导，包括具有锥形宽度的第一区域和锥形区域; 其中第二光波导的第一区域与第一光波导的锥形区域重叠，并且其中第二光波导的锥形区域与第一光波导的第一区域重叠。

公开(公告)号：US20070098325A1

公开(公告)日：2007-05-03

申请号：US11565338

申请日：2006-11-30

申请人： Christopher Doerr ,  David Levy

发明人： Christopher Doerr ,  David Levy

IPC分类号： G02F1/035 ,  G02B6/26

CPC分类号： G02B6/12021 ,  H04J14/0204 ,  H04J14/0206 ,  H04J14/0208 ,  H04J14/0209 ,  H04J14/0212 ,  H04J14/0213 ,  H04J14/0219 ,  H04J14/0221

摘要： A proposed integrateable optical interleaver includes an input Y-branch coupler and at least two multi-section optical couplers. The multi-section optical couplers of the interleaver include at least three substantially similar optical couplers, adjacent ones of the optical couplers interconnected via at least one set of waveguides. The interleaver of the present invention comprises a highly compact and fabrication-robust form that is capable of being integrated onto a single planar lightwave circuit.

摘要翻译： 所提出的可组合光交错器包括输入Y分支耦合器和至少两个多段光耦合器。 交织器的多段光耦合器包括至少三个基本相似的光耦合器，通过至少一组波导互连的相邻光耦合器中的相邻光耦合器。 本发明的交织器包括能够集成到单个平面光波电路上的高度紧凑且制造稳健的形式。

公开(公告)号：US20060215957A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-28

申请号：US11089640

申请日：2005-03-25

申请人： Christopher Doerr

发明人： Christopher Doerr

IPC分类号： G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/42

CPC分类号： G02B6/12007 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B2006/12147

摘要： A planar lightwave circuit coupler including first and second waveguides with curved coupling portions having radii of curvature selected such that the coupler has a splitting ratio that is substantially wavelength and polarization insensitive.

摘要翻译： 一种平面光波回路耦合器，包括具有弯曲耦合部分的第一和第二波导，该耦合部分具有选择的曲率半径，使得耦合器具有基本上波长和偏振不敏感的分束比。

公开(公告)号：US20060198577A1

公开(公告)日：2006-09-07

申请号：US11073009

申请日：2005-03-04

申请人： Christopher Doerr ,  Dan Marom

发明人： Christopher Doerr ,  Dan Marom

IPC分类号： G02B6/26

CPC分类号： G02B6/12011 ,  G02B6/12016 ,  G02B6/12019 ,  G02B6/12023 ,  G02B6/12033 ,  G02B6/29394 ,  G02B6/29395 ,  G02B26/0825

摘要： A colorless, waveguide-grating-router-based tunable dispersion compensator includes a planar lightwave circuit and a deformable mirror, optically coupled to each other by a plano-cylindrical glass lens such that a fast tuning speed and single-knob dispersion adjustment are obtained. In a further aspect of the present invention, the waveguide-grating router is pinched, symmetrical about its center line, and has a half-wave plate inserted therein to provide polarization independence. In a still further aspect of the present invention, the deformable mirror includes, reflective film attached to opposing piezo-electric actuators.

摘要翻译： 无色的基于波导光栅路由器的可调色散补偿器包括平面光波电路和可变形反射镜，其通过平圆柱形玻璃透镜彼此光学耦合，从而获得快速调谐速度和单旋钮色散调节。 在本发明的另一方面，波导 - 光栅路由器被夹紧，关于其中心线对称，并且其中插入有半波片以提供极化独立性。 在本发明的另一方面，可变形反射镜包括附接到相对的压电致动器的反射膜。

公开(公告)号：US20060008209A1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-12

申请号：US11217625

申请日：2005-09-01

申请人： Christopher Doerr

发明人： Christopher Doerr

IPC分类号： G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/42

CPC分类号： G02B6/12021

摘要： The inventors propose herein a novel band filter design for planar lightwave circuits. In one embodiment of the present invention, the band filter includes two waveguide grating routers interconnected by a third waveguide grating, wherein waveguides comprising the third waveguide grating have unequal path lengths. In addition, the waveguides in the third grating are partitioned into sets of adjacent waveguides wherein each set corresponds to a particular wavelength band for the filter. The individual sets of waveguides are spaced at their connection to the second waveguide grating router such that optical signals within predetermined, different optical wavelength bands are routed to different output ports of the band filter. Some of the advantages of this novel band filter include compactness, sharp passband corners, low spectral ripple, and a lack of chromatic dispersion.

公开(公告)号：US06267152B1

公开(公告)日：2001-07-31

申请号：US09506757

申请日：2000-02-18

申请人： Christopher Doerr ,  Amiel Hepp ,  Robert Voss

发明人： Christopher Doerr ,  Amiel Hepp ,  Robert Voss

IPC分类号： B21F902

CPC分类号： B65C3/02 ,  B65C7/00

摘要： A hang tag is disclosed. The hang tag has first and second surfaces, which are preferably planar. A slot is defined between the first and second surfaces. Desirably, the slot extends at least about 0.25 inches in one direction and at least about 1 inch in another direction. Also disclosed is a method and an apparatus for automatically applying a hang tag to an elongated object (e.g., an electrical cord such as a cord set), with a machine that is suitable for applying a securement strap to an object. The method includes providing a hang tag having a slot therein. The hang tag is aligned with the machine so that when the securement strap is ejected from the machine, it passes through the slot, forms a loop around the elongated object, and is tensioned around the object. As such, the securement strap serves to attach the hang tag to the elongated object in a stationary manner.

摘要翻译： 公开了吊牌。 吊牌具有第一和第二表面，其优选是平面的。 在第一和第二表面之间限定一个槽。 理想地，狭槽在一个方向上延伸至少约0.25英寸，在另一个方向上延伸至少约1英寸。 还公开了一种用于将悬挂标签自动应用于细长物体（例如电线，例如电线组）的方法和装置，其中适用于将固定带施加到物体上的机器。 该方法包括提供其中具有槽的吊牌。 吊牌与机器对齐，使得当固定带从机器上弹出时，其穿过狭槽，围绕细长物体形成环，并且在物体周围张紧。 因此，固定带用于以固定的方式将吊牌附接到细长物体。

公开(公告)号：US20130044974A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-21

申请号：US13210299

申请日：2011-08-15

申请人： Christopher Doerr

发明人： Christopher Doerr

IPC分类号： G02F1/035

CPC分类号： G02F1/225 ,  G02B2006/12142 ,  G02F1/3136 ,  G02F2001/212 ,  H04B10/615 ,  H04B10/671

摘要： Endless phase shifting apparatus, structures, and methods useful—for example—in MIMO optical demultiplexing

摘要翻译： 无限相移装置，结构和方法 - 例如在MIMO光解复用中有用

公开(公告)号：US07706648B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-27

申请号：US11690822

申请日：2007-03-24

申请人： Christopher Doerr

发明人： Christopher Doerr

IPC分类号： G02B6/34 ,  G02B6/12 ,  G02B6/293

CPC分类号： G02B6/12019 ,  G02B6/12016 ,  G02B6/12033 ,  G02B6/29352 ,  G02B6/29374 ,  G02B6/29394 ,  G02B6/29395 ,  G02F1/29

摘要： A tunable optical dispersion compensator (TODC) having a silica arrayed-waveguide grating (AWG) directly coupled at its input to a Mach-Zehnder interferometer device and at its output to a polymer thermo-optic lens.

摘要翻译： 具有二氧化硅阵列波导光栅（AWG）的可调谐光学色散补偿器（TODC）在其输入处直接耦合到马赫 - 策德尔（Mach-Zehnder）干涉仪装置，并在其输出端耦合到聚合物热光学透镜。

公开(公告)号：US07373039B1

公开(公告)日：2008-05-13

申请号：US11617316

申请日：2006-12-28

申请人： Christopher Doerr

发明人： Christopher Doerr

IPC分类号： G02B6/28 ,  H04J14/02

CPC分类号： H04J14/02 ,  G02B6/12021 ,  G02B6/356

摘要： A low-ripple optical device comprising an optical demultiplexer structure and an optical multiplexer structure cascaded together wherein one of the structures exhibits n passband maxima and the other device exhibits n+1 passband maxima.

摘要翻译： 一种低纹波光学器件，包括级联在一起的光解复用器结构和光复用器结构，其中一个结构呈现n个通带最大值，另一个器件呈现n + 1个通带最大值。

公开(公告)号：US07149407B1

公开(公告)日：2006-12-12

申请号：US11365742

申请日：2006-02-28

申请人： Christopher Doerr ,  Daniel Kilper ,  Lothar Moeller ,  Roland Ryf ,  Chongjiin Xie

发明人： Christopher Doerr ,  Daniel Kilper ,  Lothar Moeller ,  Roland Ryf ,  Chongjiin Xie

IPC分类号： G02B6/00

CPC分类号： H04B10/07953

摘要： An orthogonal heterodyne in-band optical signal-to-noise-ratio (OSNR) monitoring method and apparatus that use the polarization characteristics of two narrow bandwidth filtered optical spectral components which is not only insensitive to the effects of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and inter-channel cross-phase modulation (XPM) induced nonlinear polarization scattering, but also independent of bit rate and modulation format. The monitoring method is demonstrated for both linear and nonlinear systems.

摘要翻译： 使用两个窄带滤波光谱分量的偏振特性的正交外差带内光信噪比（OSNR）监测方法和装置，其不仅对偏振模色散（PMD）的影响不敏感，而且 信道间相位调制（XPM）引起非线性偏振散射，而且与比特率和调制格式无关。 线性和非线性系统的监测方法都被证明。