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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicants:
William B. Chapman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy Day, San Jose, CA (US);
John Pease, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Zorbedian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
William B. Chapman, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy Day, San Jose, CA (US);
John Pease, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Paul Zorbedian, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a tunable laser with a compact form factor and precise tuning to any selected center wavelength of a selected wavelength grid. A novel tuning technique is disclosed which includes tuning the laser to selected passbands, as well as tuning the optical path length of the laser utilizing a variety of tuning elements and a feedback circuit working together.