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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Colbourne, Nepean, CA;
Gary Duck, Nepean, CA;
Bruce Nyman, Freehold, NJ (US);
Donald R. Zimmerman, Farmingdale, NJ (US);
Assignee:
JDS Uniphase Corporation, Nepean, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/00 ;
Abstract
A laser system is disclosed wherein a tunable laser signal has encoded within it information related to its wavelength at any instant in time. This encoding in one example is performed by modulating the signal to contain its wavelength information. This is particularly useful in a distributed system for testing optical components, wherein at a test site, the test station must determine the wavelength of light at which a component was tested.