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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Applicants:
Daniel Levner, Toronto, CA;
Martin F. Fay, Waltham, MA (US);
Jingming Xu, Providence, RI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Brown University Research Foundation, Providence, RI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Optical gratings that perform a number of functions at various wavelengths are formed by various methods that preserve spectral information within a wavelength band, the functions including: coupling radiation from one waveguide to another, controllable gratings that operate on different wavelengths in response to external control signals.