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Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 1988

Filed:

Jul. 30, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:

Richard J Normandin, Ottawa, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
350 9615 ; 350 9613 ; 350354 ;
Abstract

New all-optical modulators that use nonlinear refraction and absorption to modify fiber-to-fiber coupling are disclosed. No resonators, feedback or stringent wavelength controls are needed. Implementations of the AND, NOR, NOT and XOR gates with better than 20 dB contrast ratio are described and demonstrated.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Normandin, Richard. (1988). Fiber optic modulator (U.S. Patent No. 4776658). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4776658

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