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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2003
Frieder H. Baumann, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Mihaela Dinu, Freehold, NJ (US);
Howard R. Stuart, Red Bank, NJ (US);
James A. Walker, Howell Township Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Frieder H. Baumann, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Mihaela Dinu, Freehold, NJ (US);
Howard R. Stuart, Red Bank, NJ (US);
James A. Walker, Howell Township Monmouth County, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical device has at least one waveguide with at least one adjacent resonator, where the distance between the resonator and the waveguide can be controllably adjusted to change the optical coupling between the resonator and the waveguide. When implemented as part of an interferometer, the ability to adjust the waveguide/resonator distance—and thereby the optical coupling between them—provides a mechanically tunable interferometer.