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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andrew Cornish, Swindon, GB;
James Stuart McKenzie, Uxbridge, GB;
Assignee:
Bookham Technology Limited, , GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385147 ;
Abstract
A turntable optical transmission circuit has a light source forming an input to a waveguide, a detector detecting light output from the waveguide, a comparator for comparing the output with a predetermined value to generate a difference signal and a waveguide trimmer for changing the waveguide transmission in dependence on the difference signal until the output matches the predetermined value.