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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.:

US 6303182 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2001

Filed:

Feb. 18, 1999

Method for making optical fiber devices having variable thickness metal coatings

Applicant:
Inventors:

Benjamin John Eggleton, Summit, NJ (US);

Rebecca Jane Jackman, Boston, MA (US);

John A. Rogers, New Providence, NJ (US);

Thomas A. Strasser, Warren, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:

Lowenstein Sandler PC

Primary Examiner:

Shrive P Beck

Assistant Examiner:

Michael Cleveland

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 2/522 ; C03C 2/546 ; B05D 5/06 ; B05D 1/32 ; G02B 6/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 2/522 ; C03C 2/546 ; B05D 5/06 ; B05D 1/32 ; G02B 6/16 ;
Abstract

In accordance with the invention, an optical fiber is provided with a metal coating of controlled variable thickness by the steps of disposing the fiber in position for receiving coating metal from a metal source, and depositing metal while moving a shadow mask between the fiber and the source to provide patterning of deposited metal. Advantageously, the mask is translated at a constant velocity perpendicular to the fiber. The method is particularly useful for the fabrication of adjustable Bragg gratings.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Eggleton, Benjamin. (2001). Method for making optical fiber devices having variable thickness metal coatings (U.S. Patent No. 6303182). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/6303182

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