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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:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Paul F. Crowder, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Agility Communications, Inc., Goleta, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 ;
Abstract
An open loop controller for use with a sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector (SGDBR) laser is presented. The controller for provides separate inputs to the laser including a front mirror current controlling a front mirror and a back mirror current controlling a back mirror to control, as well as a phase current and a gain current. The open loop controller in accordance with the present invention further includes a lookup table generated to reflect the unique specifications of each SGDBR laser is controlled.