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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:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yochay Danziger, Rishon le Zion, IL;
Eran Herman, Rishon le Zion, IL;
Uri Levy, Rehovot, IL;
Michael Rosenblit, Ashdod, IL;
Assignee:
LaserComm Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 ;
Abstract
An optical waveguide supporting a plurality of modes including an absorbing annulus which attenuates a desired mode to a lesser degree than any other mode in the plurality of modes. In one embodiment, the absorbing annulus is disposed in the core of the waveguide. In another embodiment, the annulus is concentric about the core. In another embodiment, the annulus has a predetermined width and radius. In yet another embodiment the desired mode includes the LP,mode.