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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:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03B 3/710 ;
Abstract
A process of poling a silica material such as an optical fiber whereby electro-optic non-linearities are induced so that the material can function as a phase modulator and switch in optical communications applications. The poling is effected at an elevated temperature on the order of 450° C. or higher, using an electric field on the order of 800 V/&mgr;m or higher for a period of time in the range of one minute to several tens of minutes.