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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:
Jul. 12, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2002
Applicant:
Thomas Pfeiffer, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventor:
Thomas Pfeiffer, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to the present invention the tunable optical device comprises a first optical wave guide and a second optical wave guide defining a space between the two wave guides with space comprises the first cell with liquid crystal material and a second cell with liquid crystal material spaced by a third wave guide and the first and the second cell for liquid crystal material having orientation of the liquid crystal material perpendicular to each other.