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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James F. Brennen, III, Austin, TX (US);
Edward Hernandez, Austin, TX (US);
John A. Valenti, Round Rock, TX (US);
Pranay G. Sinha, Austin, TX (US);
Michael R. Matthews, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dale E. Elder, Austin, TX (US);
Gerad A. Beauchesne, Austin, TX (US);
Chad H. Byrd, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 ;
Abstract
A device including a chirped Bragg grating, said grating having (a) a reflection bandwidth having a full-width at half maximum that is greater than 6 nm, and (b) a reflection delay ripple amplitude of less than ±50 ps.