公开(公告)号：US20110150014A1

公开(公告)日：2011-06-23

申请号：US12540946

申请日：2009-08-13

申请人： Andrew Daiber ,  Mark Stephen Rice ,  Timothy L. Robertson

发明人： Andrew Daiber ,  Mark Stephen Rice ,  Timothy L. Robertson

IPC分类号： H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/00

CPC分类号： H01S5/06804

摘要： An analog circuit including a voltage divider for providing a first voltage corresponding to an actual temperature of said thermal tuning element of the laser; an analog comparator generating an analog output current for comparing the first voltage with a reference voltage, the reference voltage being representative of a temperature of said thermal tuning element of the laser corresponding to a desired wavelength of the laser; and a heating element thermally coupled to said thermal tuning element, wherein the analog comparator increases said analog current to the heating element, when the first voltage is less than the reference voltage; and decreases said analog current to the heating element, when the first voltage is larger than the second reference voltage.

摘要翻译： 一种包括分压器的模拟电路，用于提供对应于所述激光器的所述热调谐元件的实际温度的第一电压; 模拟比较器产生用于将第一电压与参考电压进行比较的模拟输出电流，所述参考电压代表对应于所述激光器的期望波长的所述激光器的所述热调谐元件的温度; 以及加热元件，其热耦合到所述热调谐元件，其中当所述第一电压小于所述参考电压时，所述模拟比较器将所述模拟电流增加到所述加热元件; 并且当所述第一电压大于所述第二参考电压时，将所述模拟电流减小到所述加热元件。

公开(公告)号：US08559091B2

公开(公告)日：2013-10-15

申请号：US13232773

申请日：2011-09-14

申请人： Marc Finot ,  Mark McDonald ,  Andrew Daiber

发明人： Marc Finot ,  Mark McDonald ,  Andrew Daiber

IPC分类号： G02F1/03 ,  G02B5/22

CPC分类号： G02B7/008 ,  Y10S359/90

摘要： A method comprising forming two or more frames from a first wafer, forming two or more etalons from a second wafer, disposing a resistive thermal device on each of the two or more frames, dicing the first wafer and the second wafer, and bonding each of the frames to a corresponding one of the etalons to form optical subassemblies of optical filters.

摘要翻译： 一种方法，包括从第一晶片形成两个或更多个帧，从第二晶片形成两个或更多个标准具，在两个或更多个帧中的每一个上设置电阻热装置，切割第一晶片和第二晶片， 帧到相应的一个标准具以形成光学滤光器的光学子组件。

公开(公告)号：US20100265560A1

公开(公告)日：2010-10-21

申请号：US12825066

申请日：2010-06-28

申请人： Marc Finot ,  Mark McDonald ,  Andrew Daiber

发明人： Marc Finot ,  Mark McDonald ,  Andrew Daiber

IPC分类号： G02F1/03 ,  B32B37/14 ,  B29D11/00

CPC分类号： G02B7/008 ,  Y10S359/90

摘要： Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a thermally controlled optical filter comprises a frame coupled to an etalon where the frame includes a resistive thermal device disposed on the frame to obtain thermal measurements of the etalon during operation. The frame may be generally L-shaped or generally square-shaped. The frame may include a fillet that is generally planar, generally beveled or trapezoidal, or generally circular in shape. A heater may be additionally disposed on the frame. The etalon and frame subassembly may be bonded to a micro hot plate that is capable of heating the etalon to an operational temperature.

摘要翻译： 简而言之，根据一个或多个实施例，热控制光学滤波器包括耦合到标准具的框架，其中框架包括布置在框架上的电阻热装置，以在操作期间获得标准具的热测量。 框架可以是大致L形或大致正方形的。 框架可以包括通常是平面的，大致倾斜的或梯形的或者大致圆形的圆角。 可以在框架上另外设置加热器。 标准具和框架子组件可以结合到能够将标准具加热到工作温度的微热板。

公开(公告)号：US20080239453A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-02

申请号：US11731223

申请日：2007-03-30

申请人： Marc Finot ,  Mark McDonald ,  Andrew Daiber

发明人： Marc Finot ,  Mark McDonald ,  Andrew Daiber

IPC分类号： G02F1/01

CPC分类号： G02B7/008 ,  Y10S359/90

摘要： Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a thermally controlled optical filter comprises a frame coupled to an etalon where the frame includes a resistive thermal device disposed on the frame to obtain thermal measurements of the etalon during operation. The frame may be generally L-shaped or generally square-shaped. The frame may include a fillet that is generally planar, generally beveled or trapezoidal, or generally circular in shape. A heater may be additionally disposed on the frame. The etalon and frame subassembly may be bonded to a micro hot plate that is capable of heating the etalon to an operational temperature.

摘要翻译： 简而言之，根据一个或多个实施例，热控制光学滤波器包括耦合到标准具的框架，其中框架包括布置在框架上的电阻热装置，以在操作期间获得标准具的热测量。 框架可以是大致L形或大致正方形的。 框架可以包括通常是平面的，大致倾斜的或梯形的或者大致圆形的圆角。 可以在框架上另外设置加热器。 标准具和框架子组件可以结合到能够将标准具加热到工作温度的微热板。

公开(公告)号：US20080159340A1

公开(公告)日：2008-07-03

申请号：US11647783

申请日：2006-12-29

申请人： Andrew Daiber ,  Anand S. Ramalingam ,  Jiann-Chang Lo ,  Douglas A. Sprock ,  William B. Chapman

发明人： Andrew Daiber ,  Anand S. Ramalingam ,  Jiann-Chang Lo ,  Douglas A. Sprock ,  William B. Chapman

IPC分类号： H01S3/106

CPC分类号： H01S5/141 ,  H01S3/1062 ,  H01S5/02248 ,  H01S5/02415 ,  H01S5/02438 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/06804 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： According to embodiments of the present invention, an external cavity laser includes one or more tuning elements. At least one modulated voltage signal or dither is used to lock the transmission peak of the two tuning elements to each other. The wavelength of the laser also may lock onto the lock transmission peaks. In embodiments in which two dither signals are used, the dither signals may be orthogonal to or independent of each other. The two dither signals may produce two control signals to align the transmission peak of one filter to the transmission peak of another filter and the lasing mode of the laser to the aligned filters.

摘要翻译： 根据本发明的实施例，外腔激光器包括一个或多个调谐元件。 使用至少一个调制电压信号或抖动来将两个调谐元件的传输峰值彼此锁定。 激光器的波长也可能锁定在锁定传输峰值上。 在使用两个抖动信号的实施例中，抖动信号可以彼此正交或彼此独立。 两个抖动信号可以产生两个控制信号，以将一个滤波器的传输峰值与另一个滤波器的传输峰值对齐，并将激光器的激光模式对齐到对准的滤波器。

公开(公告)号：US20080025730A1

公开(公告)日：2008-01-31

申请号：US11479325

申请日：2006-06-29

申请人： Thomas J. Giovannini ,  Anthony L. Chun ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Jan Peeters Weem

发明人： Thomas J. Giovannini ,  Anthony L. Chun ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Jan Peeters Weem

IPC分类号： H04B10/12

CPC分类号： H04B10/671 ,  H04B10/25133

摘要： Optical transponders incorporating an optical dispersion compensator (“ODC”) to perform an adjustable, frequency dependent correction of an optical signal are described and claimed. The ODC is adjusted by a feedback controller that responds to information from at least one signal analyzer. Systems using similar ODC-equipped optical transponders are also described and claimed.

摘要翻译： 描述和要求保护包含光学色散补偿器（“ODC”）的光转发器，以执行光信号的可调节的频率相关校正。 ODC由反馈控制器进行调整，反馈控制器响应来自至少一个信号分析仪的信息。 还描述并要求保护使用类似ODC的光学转发器的系统。

公开(公告)号：US07120178B2

公开(公告)日：2006-10-10

申请号：US10173545

申请日：2002-06-15

申请人： William J. Kozlovsky ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Kevin Sawyer

发明人： William J. Kozlovsky ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Kevin Sawyer

IPC分类号： H01S3/04

CPC分类号： H01S5/02236 ,  H01L2224/48091 ,  H01L2224/48472 ,  H01S3/1062 ,  H01S5/02248 ,  H01S5/02276 ,  H01S5/02284 ,  H01S5/02415 ,  H01S5/02476 ,  H01S5/06804 ,  H01S5/141 ,  H01L2924/00014 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： A chip carrier having improver thermal properties, wherein the chip carrier may be formed having waist section, and a first transverse end portion joined to the waist section. A first surface of the carrier being configured to receive a chip thereon, and a second surface of the carrier configured to be coupled to a thermal control unit to provide cooling of the carrier and chip. The chip carrier may have a second transverse end portion joined to the waist portion in certain embodiments.

公开(公告)号：US20050135439A1

公开(公告)日：2005-06-23

申请号：US11036526

申请日：2005-01-13

申请人： William Chapman ,  Alejandro Farinas ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Hua Li

发明人： William Chapman ,  Alejandro Farinas ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Hua Li

IPC分类号： G02B26/06 ,  G02F1/03 ,  G02F1/13 ,  H01S3/106 ,  H01S5/022 ,  H01S5/06 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/14 ,  H01S3/10

CPC分类号： H01S5/141 ,  H01S3/105 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/1062 ,  H01S5/0222 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： An external cavity laser apparatus and method wherein wavelength or channel selection is carried independently from adjustment of external cavity optical path length. The apparatus comprises a wavelength or channel selector tuner and an external cavity tuner, wherein the wavelength tuner is uncoupled from the external cavity tuner. The tuning mechanisms for wavelength selection and cavity optical path length are configured to operate independently or orthogonally with respect to each other. The wavelength tuner may operate according to a first, channel selection signal, while the external cavity tuner operates according to a second, external cavity adjustment signal. The wavelength tuner and external cavity tuner may operate under the control of the same, or of separate controllers. The channel selection signal may be derived from a look-up table of adjustment parameter data accessed by a controller, and the external cavity adjustment signal may be derived from an error signal from a detector configured to measure external cavity loss.

摘要翻译： 一种外腔激光装置和方法，其中波长或通道选择独立于外腔光程长度的调节进行。 该装置包括波长或通道选择器调谐器和外部空腔调谐器，其中波长调谐器与外部空腔调谐器分离。 用于波长选择和腔光路长度的调谐机构被配置为相对于彼此独立地或正交地操作。 波长调谐器可以根据第一信道选择信号进行操作，而外腔调谐器根据第二外部空腔调节信号进行操作。 波长调谐器和外腔调谐器可以在相同或独立控制器的控制下操作。 信道选择信号可以从由控制器访问的调整参数数据的查找表导出，并且可以从构造成测量外部空腔损耗的检测器的误差信号导出外部空腔调节信号。

公开(公告)号：US20050053103A1

公开(公告)日：2005-03-10

申请号：US10659958

申请日：2003-09-10

申请人： Jiann-Chang Lo ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Mark Rice ,  Rajesh Batra

发明人： Jiann-Chang Lo ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Mark Rice ,  Rajesh Batra

IPC分类号： H04B10/155 ,  H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H04B10/572 ,  H04B10/504

摘要： A servo or control technique and apparatus for performing wavelength locking employs the phase-shift modulation scheme to adjust one or more optical elements in the laser cavity to lock the lasing frequency toward a desired channel frequency. A controller comprises a high bandwidth mode and a low bandwidth mode. When initially locking to a new channel, the high bandwidth controller mode may be used to supply more energy to drive an actuator to achieve faster seeking. When an error signal approaches within a pre-defined threshold of zero error, the controller may be switched to a lower bandwidth mode supplying less power to the actuator to softly approach the target frequency and avoid overshoot. The lower bandwidth controller mode may keep the noise level lower and provide better frequency tracking stability to the tunable laser.

摘要翻译： 用于执行波长锁定的伺服或控制技术和装置采用相移调制方案来调节激光腔中的一个或多个光学元件以将激光频率锁定到期望的通道频率。 控制器包括高带宽模式和低带宽模式。 当最初锁定到新通道时，高带宽控制器模式可用于提供更多的能量来驱动致动器以实现更快的寻找。 当误差信号接近预定义的零误差阈值时，控制器可以切换到较低带宽模式，为致动器提供较少的功率，以轻柔地接近目标频率并避免过冲。 较低带宽控制器模式可以使噪声水平更低，并为可调谐激光器提供更好的频率跟踪稳定性。

公开(公告)号：US06704332B2

公开(公告)日：2004-03-09

申请号：US10099730

申请日：2002-03-15

申请人： William B. Chapman ,  Alejandro Farinas ,  Carter Hand ,  Hua Li ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Nadim Maluf

发明人： William B. Chapman ,  Alejandro Farinas ,  Carter Hand ,  Hua Li ,  Andrew Daiber ,  Nadim Maluf

IPC分类号： H01S310

CPC分类号： H01S5/141 ,  H01S3/105 ,  H01S3/1055 ,  H01S3/1062 ,  H01S5/0222 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： External cavity lasers apparatus and methods that allow fast tuning, high wavelength stability, low cavity losses, and form factors that are comparable to solid state, fixed wavelength lasers. The apparatus comprise a gain medium emitting a light beam, a tunable wavelength selection element positioned in the light beam and configured feed back light of a selected wavelength to the gain medium, and a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) actuator element operatively coupled to the tunable wavelength selection element. The MEMS actuator element may be configured to actuate the tunable wavelength selection element according to a first degree of freedom to select the wavelength of the feedback to the gain medium, and to actuate the actuate the tunable wavelength selection element according to a second degree of freedom to provide phase control of the feedback. The MEMS actuator element and tunable wavelength selection element may additionally be configured such that actuation of the tunable wavelength selection element with respect to a third degree of freedom provides a selectable level of attenuation of the feedback to the gain medium.

摘要翻译： 允许快速调谐，高波长稳定性，低腔损耗和与固态固定波长激光器相当的形状因子的外腔激光器装置和方法。 该装置包括发射光束的增益介质，位于光束中的可调谐波长选择元件以及将所选波长的反射光配置到增益介质，以及可操作地耦合到可调波长的微机电系统（MEMS）致动器元件 选择元素。 MEMS致动器元件可以被配置为根据第一自由度来激励可调波长选择元件，以便将第一自由度选择到增益介质的反馈波长，并且致动根据第二自由度激活可调波长选择元件 提供反馈的相位控制。 MEMS致动器元件和可调谐波长选择元件可以另外被配置为使得相对于第三自由度的可调谐波长选择元件的致动提供反馈到增益介质的可选择的衰减水平。