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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2005
Applicants:
Hindrick Freerk Bulthuis, Edinburgh, GB;
Tony C. Kowalczyk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael G. Jubber, Longridge, GB;
Inventors:
Hindrick Freerk Bulthuis, Edinburgh, GB;
Tony C. Kowalczyk, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michael G. Jubber, Longridge, GB;
Assignee:
Gemfire Corporation, Fremont, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Optical apparatus with improved center wavelength temperature stability. In an embodiment, an AWG has a plurality of slots inserted along the optical paths. The slots contain one or more compensation materials which collectively correct for an order Q temperature dependency of the AWG base material. Q>=2 or the number of compensation materials is at least 2 or both.