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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:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian F Ventrudo, Victoria, CA;
Peter G Berrang, Sidney, CA;
Assignee:
SDL, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
250225 ; 372102 ; 356 33 ;
Abstract
A fibre Bragg grating is used to stabilize the intensity and frequency fluctuations of two diode lasers simultaneously. The polarized optical output from the diode lasers is collimated and directed through a beam combiner device which combines the separate beams into a single beam, thus summing the optical power. The combined beam is directed into an optical fibre containing a fibre Bragg grating which reflects a fraction of the light back into each diode laser to cause low-coherence, stable operation of each laser.