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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:
Nov. 13, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical waveguide device having a plurality of long-period gratings, and an optical device equipped with the optical waveguide device. By providing a plurality of long-period gratings having loss wavelength characteristics different from each other, which fluctuate along with an environmental condition such as temperature or tension, within a core region of an optical waveguide device, the present invention enables the loss wavelength characteristic of the whole optical waveguide device to be regulated in response to the environmental change.