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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2006
David Marceau, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dennis F. Elkins, Draper, UT (US);
Forrest L. Williams, Sandy, UT (US);
Allen H. Tanner, Sandy, UT (US);
David Marceau, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Dennis F. Elkins, Draper, UT (US);
Forrest L. Williams, Sandy, UT (US);
Allen H. Tanner, Sandy, UT (US);
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Abstract
A tunable fiber optic component providing environmental isolation, thermal tuning, and mechanical tuning and a method of tuning a fiber optic component using application of substantially simultaneous varying of temperature and mechanical strain is disclosed. A method of using a tunable fiber optic component, for example, a distributed feedback fiber laser, to compensate variations in an optical system, and a method of making a tunable fiber optic component are also disclosed.