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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:
Jul. 08, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Marc Pierre Delavaux, Wescosville, PA (US);
Paul David Yeates, Longswamp Township, Berks County, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359173 ; 359134 ; 359160 ;
Abstract
A tunable tandem Fabry-Perot etalon in used in wavelength division multiplexed optical systems or in an optical device. One path is used to calibrate the pre-spectral range with respect to a reference wavelength and the other path is used to select and acquire the desired wavelength.