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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:
Apr. 28, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 15, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
David Andrew Miller, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 20 ; 372 32 ; 372 11 ; 372 50 ;
Abstract
A tunable laser whose lasing frequency can be changed by varying the absorbance of absorber layers that are preceding a standing wave of the laser cavity. Changes in the absorbance of the layers are accomplished by varying the strength of the absorber layers through application of voltage to the layers.