Optical waveguides – With disengagable mechanical connector – Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-20
2006-06-20
Prasad, Chandrika (Department: 2839)
Optical waveguides
With disengagable mechanical connector
Optical fiber/optical fiber cable termination structure
C385S058000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07063466
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates generally to optical interference filters and interferometers. Methods, devices and device components for fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) filters and ferrule holders are provided. The invention provides ferrule holders for FFP filters capable of good radial and longitudinal alignment. An exemplary ferrule holder of the present invention is capable of substantially constraining the motion of a pair of ferrules in all directions except a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis, thereby allowing the resonance cavity of a FFP filter to be adjusted while maintaining good radial alignment. The invention further provides temperature compensated ferrule holders and FFP filters that are stable with respect to wavelength drift over a useful range of device operating conditions. In addition, the present invention provides ferrule holders and FFP filters which are particularly useful for monitoring ambient conditions and measuring physical properties and mechanical phenomena.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3984190 (1976-10-01), Barrett et al.
patent: 4258977 (1981-03-01), Lukas
patent: 4358851 (1982-11-01), Scifres
patent: 4448482 (1984-05-01), Lathlaen
patent: 4482248 (1984-11-01), Papuchon et al.
patent: 4490007 (1984-12-01), Murata
patent: 4530097 (1985-07-01), Stokes
patent: 4545644 (1985-10-01), DeVeau, Jr.
patent: 4629284 (1986-12-01), Malavieille
patent: 4680767 (1987-07-01), Hakimi
patent: 4780877 (1988-10-01), Snitzer
patent: 4782491 (1988-11-01), Snitzer
patent: 4787701 (1988-11-01), Stenger
patent: 4806012 (1989-02-01), Meltz
patent: 4813756 (1989-03-01), Frenkel
patent: 4830451 (1989-05-01), Stone
patent: 4848499 (1989-07-01), Martinet
patent: 4848999 (1989-07-01), Taylor
patent: 4861136 (1989-08-01), Stone
patent: 4892388 (1990-01-01), Taylor
patent: 4923273 (1990-05-01), Taylor
patent: 4932033 (1990-06-01), Miyazawa
patent: 4955025 (1990-09-01), Mears
patent: 4969705 (1990-11-01), Stoy et al.
patent: 4982406 (1991-01-01), Facklam
patent: 4996419 (1991-02-01), Morey
patent: 5007705 (1991-04-01), Morey
patent: 5024505 (1991-06-01), Junji et al.
patent: 5027435 (1991-06-01), Chraplyvy et al.
patent: 5037176 (1991-08-01), Roberts et al.
patent: 5037179 (1991-08-01), Bortolin
patent: 5037180 (1991-08-01), Stone
patent: 5042898 (1991-08-01), Morey
patent: 5050949 (1991-09-01), DiGiovanni
patent: 5062684 (1991-11-01), Clayton
patent: 5073004 (1991-12-01), Clayton
patent: 5115441 (1992-05-01), Kopf
patent: 5132976 (1992-07-01), Chung
patent: 5146527 (1992-09-01), Mallinson
patent: 5159655 (1992-10-01), Ziebol
patent: 5179608 (1993-01-01), Ziebol et al.
patent: 5181213 (1993-01-01), Shinokura
patent: 5208886 (1993-05-01), Clayton
patent: 5212745 (1993-05-01), Miller
patent: 5212746 (1993-05-01), Miller
patent: 5227857 (1993-07-01), Kersey
patent: 5237630 (1993-08-01), Hogg
patent: 5243610 (1993-09-01), Murata
patent: 5251275 (1993-10-01), Kuriyama
patent: 5283845 (1994-02-01), Ip
patent: 5289552 (1994-02-01), Miller et al.
patent: 5301201 (1994-04-01), Dutta
patent: 5305336 (1994-04-01), Adar
patent: 5359687 (1994-10-01), McFarland et al.
patent: 5361130 (1994-11-01), Kersey
patent: 5365539 (1994-11-01), Mooradian
patent: 5367589 (1994-11-01), MacDonald
patent: 5375181 (1994-12-01), Miller
patent: 5380995 (1995-01-01), Udd
patent: 5381230 (1995-01-01), Blake
patent: 5381426 (1995-01-01), Fontana
patent: 5381500 (1995-01-01), Edwards
patent: 5397739 (1995-03-01), Chalmers
patent: 5397891 (1995-03-01), Udd
patent: 5401956 (1995-03-01), Dunphy
patent: 5410404 (1995-04-01), Kersey
patent: 5422470 (1995-06-01), Kubo
patent: 5422970 (1995-06-01), Miller
patent: 5425039 (1995-06-01), Hsu et al.
patent: 5426297 (1995-06-01), Dunphy
patent: 5450515 (1995-09-01), Bechtel et al.
patent: 5469455 (1995-11-01), Reitz
patent: 5469520 (1995-11-01), Morey
patent: 5504771 (1996-04-01), Vahala
patent: 5509093 (1996-04-01), Miller
patent: 5513913 (1996-05-01), Ball
patent: 5530715 (1996-06-01), Shieh
patent: 5563973 (1996-10-01), Miller
patent: 5588013 (1996-12-01), Reitz
patent: 5591965 (1997-01-01), Udd
patent: 5602949 (1997-02-01), Epworth
patent: 5615224 (1997-03-01), Cohen
patent: 5617434 (1997-04-01), Tamura
patent: 5619368 (1997-04-01), Swanson
patent: 5650856 (1997-07-01), Morse
patent: 5666373 (1997-09-01), Sharp
patent: 5682237 (1997-10-01), Belk
patent: 5694503 (1997-12-01), Fleming
patent: 5703978 (1997-12-01), DiGiovanni
patent: 5713753 (1998-02-01), Bayer et al.
patent: 5721802 (1998-02-01), Francis
patent: 5732169 (1998-03-01), Riant
patent: 5734667 (1998-03-01), Esman
patent: 5739945 (1998-04-01), Tayebati
patent: 5762515 (1998-06-01), Mele
patent: 5796894 (1998-08-01), Csipkes et al.
patent: RE035962 (1998-11-01), Ball
patent: 5838437 (1998-11-01), Miller
patent: 5841920 (1998-11-01), Lemaire
patent: 5878065 (1999-03-01), Delavaux
patent: 5887099 (1999-03-01), Csipkes et al.
patent: 5892582 (1999-04-01), Bao
patent: 5896193 (1999-04-01), Colbourne
patent: 5914978 (1999-06-01), Welch
patent: 5946438 (1999-08-01), Minot
patent: 5959753 (1999-09-01), Duling
patent: H001813 (1999-11-01), Kersey
patent: 5978539 (1999-11-01), Davies
patent: 5991483 (1999-11-01), Engelberth
patent: 5999671 (1999-12-01), Jin
patent: 6044189 (2000-03-01), Miller
patent: 6097530 (2000-08-01), Asher et al.
patent: 6113469 (2000-09-01), Yoshikawa et al.
patent: 6115122 (2000-09-01), Bao
patent: 6137812 (2000-10-01), Hsu
patent: 6160627 (2000-12-01), Ahn
patent: 6163553 (2000-12-01), Pfeiffer
patent: 6168319 (2001-01-01), Francis
patent: 6181851 (2001-01-01), Pan
patent: 6229827 (2001-05-01), Fernald
patent: 6240220 (2001-05-01), Pan
patent: 6241397 (2001-06-01), Bao et al.
patent: 6263002 (2001-07-01), Hsu
patent: 6327036 (2001-12-01), Bao
patent: 6343166 (2002-01-01), Hellman et al.
patent: 6445838 (2002-09-01), Caracci et al.
patent: 6449047 (2002-09-01), Bao
patent: 6504616 (2003-01-01), Haber
patent: 6529661 (2003-03-01), Kropp
patent: 6671432 (2003-12-01), Imada et al.
patent: 6712522 (2004-03-01), Watanabe et al.
patent: 6767139 (2004-07-01), Brun et al.
patent: 6768825 (2004-07-01), Maron et al.
patent: 6769817 (2004-08-01), Saito et al.
patent: 6799898 (2004-10-01), Cheng et al.
patent: 2003/0076505 (2003-04-01), Bao
patent: 0 437 963 (1991-07-01), None
patent: 0 457 484 (1991-11-01), None
patent: 0 721 121 (1996-07-01), None
patent: 0 903 615 (1999-03-01), None
patent: 1 016 884 (2000-07-01), None
patent: WO 98/17968 (1998-04-01), None
patent: WO 98/27446 (1998-06-01), None
patent: WO 99/34484 (1999-07-01), None
patent: WO 00/07047 (2000-02-01), None
patent: WO 00/28355 (2000-05-01), None
patent: WO 00/39617 (2000-07-01), None
patent: WO 04/036700 (2004-04-01), None
Arya, V. et al., “Temperature Compensation Scheme for Refractive Index Grating-Based Optical Fiber Devices,” SPIE 2594:52-59.
Arya, V. et al. (1997) “Application of Thin-Film Optical Filters to the Temperature Compensation of Optical Fiber Grating-Based Devices,” IEEE Trans Instrum. Measurement 46(5):1173-1177.
Ball, G.A. et al. (Dec. 1994) “Compression-tuned single-frequency Bragg grating fiber laser,” Optics Letters 19(23):1979-1981.
Barnes et al. (Sep. 1989) “High-quantum-efficiency Er3+fiber lasers pumped at 980 nm,” Optics Letters 14(18):1002-1004.
Barnes et al. (1989) “Q-switching in fibre lasers,”Fiber Laser Sources and Amplifiers Proc. SPIE1171:302-308.
Bellemare et al. (Feb. 1999) “Multifrequency Erbium-Doped Fiber Ring Lasers Anchored on the ITU Frequency Grid,”Optical Fiber Communications(OFC/IOOC '99) Feb. 21-26, 1999, San Diego, CA 1:16-18.
Bird et al. (1991) “Narrow line semiconductor laser using fibre grating,” Electron Lett. 27:1115-1116.
Boucher, R. et al. (1992) “Calibrated Fabry-Perot etalon as an absolute frequency reference for OFDM communications,” IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 4:801-803.
Davis, M. A. et al (1995) “Matched-filter interrogation technique for fibre Bragg grating arrays,” Electron. Lett. 31(10:822-823.
David, M.A. et al. (1994) “All-fibre Bragg grating strain-sensor demo
Greenlee Winner and Sullivan P.C.
Micron Optics Inc.
Prasad Chandrika
LandOfFree
Selectable and tunable ferrule holder for a fiber... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Selectable and tunable ferrule holder for a fiber..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Selectable and tunable ferrule holder for a fiber... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3682523