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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2009
Applicants:
Seng-tiong Ho, Wheeling, IL (US);
Yingyan Huang, Wilmette, IL (US);
Inventors:
Seng-Tiong Ho, Wheeling, IL (US);
Yingyan Huang, Wilmette, IL (US);
Assignee:
Optonet Inc., Evanston, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A wavelength tunable laser which includes a first mirror, a diffraction grating to diffract a laser beam into a plurality of diffracted laser beams, at least one feedback waveguide, at least one second mirror. Each feedback waveguide precedes one of the second mirrors, and a phase detector to detect an error in a wavelength of a received laser beam with respect to a desired wavelength.