公开(公告)号：US07826501B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-02

申请号：US12176879

申请日：2008-07-21

申请人： Ross Stanley ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Rino Kunz ,  Philippe Niedermann

发明人： Ross Stanley ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Rino Kunz ,  Philippe Niedermann

IPC分类号： H01S3/10

CPC分类号： G01J3/1804 ,  G02B5/1828 ,  G02B26/0808 ,  H01S5/141

摘要： A mode hop-free tunable laser including a gain medium, a microfabricated blazed grating, defining an external cavity of a given length, the blazed grating lying in a general plane and including a plurality of elongate beams carrying mutually parallel respective reflection surfaces spaced apart from one another with a predefined pitch, and actuating elements designed so as to allow displacements of the assembly with respect to a grating support within a plane substantially parallel to the grating general plane, and including actuation elements designed so as to apply a stretching and a displacement of the assembly in a direction transverse to said reflection surfaces, the blazed grating being arranged relative to an incident light beam provided by the gain medium so that the incident light beam impinges on the reflection surfaces with a substantially normal incident angle.

摘要翻译： 包括增益介质的模式跳跃可调谐激光器，限定给定长度的外部空腔的微型闪光光栅，所述闪耀的光栅位于总体平面中，并且包括多个细长光束，所述多个细长光束承载相互平行的各自的反射表面， 彼此具有预定的间距，以及致动元件，其被设计成允许组件相对于基本上平行于光栅总体平面的平面内的光栅支撑件移位，并且包括设计成施加拉伸和位移的致动元件 在相对于所述反射表面横向的方向上，所述闪耀的光栅相对于由增益介质提供的入射光束布置，使得入射光束以基本上正常的入射角度照射在反射表面上。

公开(公告)号：US07346239B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-18

申请号：US10506769

申请日：2002-03-06

申请人： Marco Romagnoli ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Camilla Bonati

发明人： Marco Romagnoli ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Camilla Bonati

IPC分类号： G02B6/26 ,  G02F1/00

CPC分类号： B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/1225 ,  G02B6/125

摘要： A device for crossing optical beams. At least a first input optical waveguide is directed along a first axis, a second optical waveguide is directed along a second axis inclined with respect to the first axis, and a photonic crystal having a regular periodicity in an optical crossing region at the intersection of said first and second axis has, opposite the first and second input waveguides, a first and a second output waveguide to provide for exit beams.

摘要翻译： 用于交叉光束的装置。 至少第一输入光波导沿着第一轴指向，第二光波导沿着相对于第一轴倾斜的第二轴指向，并且在所述第一轴的交叉处的光交叉区域中具有规则周期的光子晶体 第一和第二轴线具有与第一和第二输入波导相对的第一和第二输出波导以提供出射光束。

公开(公告)号：US20070189669A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-16

申请号：US11631780

申请日：2004-07-22

申请人： Maurizio Tormen ,  Marco Romagnoli

发明人： Maurizio Tormen ,  Marco Romagnoli

IPC分类号： G02B6/34

CPC分类号： G02B6/124

摘要： A wavelength selective grating-based filter includes a planar waveguide which includes a core surrounded by a cladding, the cladding including a lower cladding, the core being placed above the lower cladding, a lateral cladding adjacent to a first and a second opposite lateral sides of the core, and an upper cladding, said upper cladding being positioned above said core and lateral cladding. The waveguide also includes a grating structure, including a first and a second plurality of grating trenches formed in the lateral cladding in proximity of the first and second opposite lateral sides of the core, respectively. The first and second plurality of grating trenches are covered by the upper cladding.

摘要翻译： 基于波长选择性光栅的滤波器包括平面波导，其包括由包层围绕的芯，所述包层包括下包层，所述芯放置在下包层的上方，与所述第一和第二相对的侧面相邻的横向包层 所述芯部和上部包层，所述上部包层位于所述芯部和所述横向包层之上。 波导还包括光栅结构，其包括分别形成在芯部的第一和第二相对侧面附近的横向包层中的第一和第二多个光栅沟槽。 第一和第二多个光栅沟槽被上部包层覆盖。

公开(公告)号：US08786853B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-22

申请号：US13145239

申请日：2010-01-22

申请人： Maurizio Tormen ,  Stanley Ross ,  Robert Lockhart

发明人： Maurizio Tormen ,  Stanley Ross ,  Robert Lockhart

IPC分类号： G01J3/28 ,  G01J3/40 ,  G01J3/18

CPC分类号： G01J3/1804 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/0237 ,  G01J3/32 ,  G02B5/1828

摘要： A spectrometer includes: an entrance aperture, a collimator, intended to produce, from a light source, a collimated input light (5), a plurality of gratings arranged in a 2-D matrix, a plurality of detectors, and an exit aperture.

摘要翻译： 光谱仪包括：入射孔，准直器，用于从光源产生准直的输入光（5），以2-D矩阵排列的多个光栅，多个检测器和出射孔。

公开(公告)号：US08465660B2

公开(公告)日：2013-06-18

申请号：US12161640

申请日：2007-01-22

申请人： Ross Stanley ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Rino Kunz ,  Philippe Niedermann

发明人： Ross Stanley ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Rino Kunz ,  Philippe Niedermann

IPC分类号： H01L21/00 ,  H01L21/302 ,  H01L21/461 ,  B44C1/22 ,  C23F1/00 ,  C23F3/00 ,  C03C15/00 ,  C03C25/68 ,  B29D11/00

CPC分类号： G01J3/1804 ,  G02B5/1828 ,  G02B26/0808 ,  H01S5/141

摘要： A blazed grating is disclosed as well as mode hop-free tunable lasers and a process for fabricating gratings of this type. The grating lies in a general plane and includes a plurality of elongate beams carrying mutually parallel respective reflection surfaces spaced apart from one another with a predefined pitch, each of these reflection surfaces having a normal direction inclined at a grating angle α to the normal direction of the general plane. The grating includes a plurality of resilient suspension arms connected to the beams and intended to be fastened to a grating support. A first pair of comb electrodes is provided for applying a mechanical force to this assembly, being placed on a first side of the grating, along an axis transverse to the beams, and designed so as to allow the pitch of the grating to be modified in response to the application of the mechanical force.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种闪耀的光栅以及无跳变可调激光器以及用于制造这种类型的光栅的工艺。 光栅位于通用平面中，并且包括多个细长梁，其承载相互平行的各自的反射表面，彼此以预定的间距彼此间隔开，每个反射面具有以与法线方向成α角的光栅角度倾斜的法线方向 一般飞机。 光栅包括连接到光束并且被固定到光栅支架上的多个弹性悬挂臂。 第一对梳状电极被设置用于沿着横向于梁的轴线向该组件施加机械力，该机械力被放置在光栅的第一侧上，并被设计成允许光栅的间距在 响应机械力的应用。

公开(公告)号：US20110299078A1

公开(公告)日：2011-12-08

申请号：US13145239

申请日：2010-01-22

申请人： Maurizio Tormen ,  Stanley Ross ,  Robert Lockhart

发明人： Maurizio Tormen ,  Stanley Ross ,  Robert Lockhart

IPC分类号： G01J3/28

CPC分类号： G01J3/1804 ,  G01J3/02 ,  G01J3/0237 ,  G01J3/32 ,  G02B5/1828

摘要： A spectrometer includes: an entrance aperture, a collimator, intended to produce, from a light source, a collimated input light (5), a plurality of gratings arranged in a 2-D matrix, a plurality of detectors, and an exit aperture.

摘要翻译： 光谱仪包括：入射孔，准直器，用于从光源产生准直的输入光（5），以2-D矩阵排列的多个光栅，多个检测器和出射孔。

公开(公告)号：US20050226561A1

公开(公告)日：2005-10-13

申请号：US10506542

申请日：2002-03-06

申请人： Marco Romagnoli ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Camilla Bonati

发明人： Marco Romagnoli ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Camilla Bonati

IPC分类号： G02B6/12 ,  G02B1/02 ,  G02B6/122 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B6/26

CPC分类号： B82Y20/00 ,  G02B6/1225 ,  G02B6/125 ,  G02B2006/12104

摘要： A device for varying the direction of an optical beam. A first waveguide is directed along a first direction, a second waveguide is directed along a second direction different from the first direction, and a bending region is interposed between the first and the second waveguide. The bending region has a photonic crystal having a regular periodicity and at least a first and a second crystal axes substantially aligned with the first and second directions, and a reflecting surface delimiting the photonic crystal and so positioned and oriented as to reflect an optical beam coming from the first waveguide toward the second waveguide

摘要翻译： 用于改变光束方向的装置。 沿着第一方向引导第一波导，沿着与第一方向不同的第二方向引导第二波导，并且在第一和第二波导之间插入有弯曲区域。 弯曲区域具有规则周期的光子晶体和至少基本上与第一和第二方向对齐的第一和第二晶轴，以及限定光子晶体的反射表面，并且定位和定向成反射来自光束的光束 从第一波导到第二波导

公开(公告)号：US06834144B2

公开(公告)日：2004-12-21

申请号：US10236702

申请日：2002-09-05

申请人： Michele Belmonte ,  Maurizio Tormen

发明人： Michele Belmonte ,  Maurizio Tormen

IPC分类号： G02B634

CPC分类号： H01S3/06754 ,  G02B6/02085 ,  G02B6/02138 ,  H01S3/063 ,  H01S3/0675 ,  H01S2301/04

摘要： An optical signal amplification device (200) comprises an optical amplifier (210) having a wavelength-dependent gain and an equalization device (100) optically coupled in series to the optical amplifier and having a wavelength-dependent transmission function that substantially equalize the gain of the optical amplifier, the equalization device comprising a waveguide Bragg grating having a substantially constant refractive index envelope and a chirp rate that varies in such a way as to obtain the wavelength-dependent transmission function.

摘要翻译： 光信号放大装置（200）包括具有波长相关增益的光放大器（210）和与光放大器串联光耦合的均衡装置（100），并且具有波长相关的传输功能， 所述光放大器，所述均衡装置包括波导布拉格光栅，所述波导布拉格光栅具有基本上恒定的折射率包络和啁啾率，所述啁啾率以获得所述依赖于波长的透射函数的方式变化。

公开(公告)号：US20100220395A1

公开(公告)日：2010-09-02

申请号：US12161640

申请日：2007-01-22

申请人： Ross Stanley ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Rino Kunz ,  Philippe Niedermann

发明人： Ross Stanley ,  Maurizio Tormen ,  Rino Kunz ,  Philippe Niedermann

IPC分类号： G02B5/18 ,  G03F7/20

CPC分类号： G01J3/1804 ,  G02B5/1828 ,  G02B26/0808 ,  H01S5/141

摘要： A blazed grating is disclosed as well as mode hop-free tunable lasers and a process for fabricating gratings of this type. The grating lies in a general plane and includes a plurality of elongate beams carrying mutually parallel respective reflection surfaces spaced apart from one another with a predefined pitch, each of these reflection surfaces having a normal direction inclined at a grating angle α to the normal direction of the general plane. The grating includes a plurality of resilient suspension arms connected to the beams and intended to be fastened to a grating support. A first pair of comb electrodes is provided for applying a mechanical force to this assembly, being placed on a first side of the grating, along an axis transverse to the beams, and designed so as to allow the pitch of the grating to be modified in response to the application of the mechanical force.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种闪耀的光栅以及无跳变可调激光器以及用于制造这种类型的光栅的工艺。 光栅位于通用平面中，并且包括多个细长梁，其承载相互平行的各自的反射表面，以预定的间距彼此间隔开，每个反射面具有沿与法线方向 一般飞机。 光栅包括连接到光束并且被固定到光栅支架上的多个弹性悬挂臂。 第一对梳状电极被设置用于沿着横向于梁的轴线向该组件施加机械力，该机械力被放置在光栅的第一侧上，并被设计成允许光栅的间距在 响应机械力的应用。

公开(公告)号：US20090028194A1

公开(公告)日：2009-01-29

申请号：US12176879

申请日：2008-07-21

申请人： Ross STANLEY ,  Maurizio TORMEN ,  Rino E. KUNZ ,  Philippe NIEDERMANN

发明人： Ross STANLEY ,  Maurizio TORMEN ,  Rino E. KUNZ ,  Philippe NIEDERMANN

IPC分类号： H01S3/10

CPC分类号： G01J3/1804 ,  G02B5/1828 ,  G02B26/0808 ,  H01S5/141

摘要： A mode hop-free tunable laser including a gain medium, a microfabricated blazed grating, defining an external cavity of a given length, the blazed grating lying in a general plane and including a plurality of elongate beams carrying mutually parallel respective reflection surfaces spaced apart from one another with a predefined pitch, and actuating elements designed so as to allow displacements of the assembly with respect to a grating support within a plane substantially parallel to the grating general plane, and including actuation elements designed so as to apply a stretching and a displacement of the assembly in a direction transverse to said reflection surfaces, the blazed grating being arranged relative to an incident light beam provided by the gain medium so that the incident light beam impinges on the reflection surfaces with a substantially normal incident angle.

摘要翻译： 包括增益介质的模式跳跃可调谐激光器，限定给定长度的外部空腔的微型闪光光栅，所述闪耀的光栅位于总体平面中，并且包括多个细长光束，所述多个细长光束承载相互平行的各自的反射表面， 彼此具有预定的间距，以及致动元件，其被设计成允许组件相对于基本上平行于光栅总体平面的平面内的光栅支撑件移位，并且包括设计成施加拉伸和位移的致动元件 在相对于所述反射表面横向的方向上，所述闪耀的光栅相对于由增益介质提供的入射光束布置，使得入射光束以基本上正常的入射角度照射在反射表面上。