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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Gary A. Ball, Simsbury, CT (US);
Robert W. Ade, Boca Raton, FL (US);
Karl Kissa, Simsbury, CT (US);
Paul Dunn, Westfield, MA (US);
Timothy C. Munks, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Newtown, PA (US);
Eitan Gertel, North Wales, PA (US);
Uniphase Telecommunications Products, Inc., Bloomfield, CT (US);
Abstract
An integrated optical transmitter for use in an optical system includes an optical head assembly having an optical beam generator for providing an optical beam and a lens assembly for collecting the optical beam and generating therefrom a formed optical beam. Interface optics receive the formed optical beam for coupling the beam to a modulator so as to reduce nsertion loss to the optical beam. The optical modulator receives the optical beam from the interface optics and provides a modulated optical beam in response to received modulation signals. The optical modulator is coupled to the interface optics to be in a fixed relationship therewith. The integrated optical transmitter can include a means for sampling the optical beam and controlling the temperature of and/or the current supplied to the optical beam generator for controlling the wavelength of the optical transmitter. The optical head assembly and the modulator can be compliantly mounted to a mounting surface reducing the effects of thermal stress on the performance of the optical transmitter.