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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 23, 2022
Applicant:
Lumentum Operations Llc, San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Colin Smith, Paignton, GB;
Assignee:
Lumentum Operations LLC, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/02 (2006.01); G01J 1/42 (2006.01); G02B 27/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 1/0295 (2013.01); G01J 1/4257 (2013.01); G02B 27/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
In some implementations, an optical assembly includes an optical power monitor to receive a portion of an optical beam and to perform a measurement on the portion of the optical beam; an optical tap to tap the optical beam and provide the portion of the optical beam; and an optical element to allow the portion of the optical beam from the optical tap to propagate toward the optical power monitor, wherein the optical element includes an absorptive material to absorb light other than the portion of the optical beam that is propagated toward the optical power monitor.