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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007

Filed:

Oct. 28, 2004
Applicants:

Hoang Tan Nguyen, Livermore, CA (US);

Weizhi Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Hoang Tan Nguyen, Livermore, CA (US);

Weizhi Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Bookham Technology PLC, Abington, GB;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/115 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A laser-emitting device may be coupled to an electro-optically controlled wavelength actuator. An electro-optically controlled wavelength actuator may be a holographic wavelength actuator or a liquid crystal wavelength actuator. The electro-optically controlled wavelength actuator may function as a tunable diffraction grating for external cavity lasers.


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