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Number: 385/41
Name: Optical waveguides > With optical coupler > Particular coupling structure > Electrodes on or near the coupling region > Directional coupler
Description: Subject matter wherein interconnected optical paths of a coupler are externally activated to enable input on a first optical path to be coupled only to a second optical path for optical beam transmission, and a received optical beam on a third optical path is coupled only to the first optical path.


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7418173 Waveguide type optical control element and process for its fabrication Aug. 26, 2008
7400788 Linearized optical modulator having a plurality of coupling functions Jul. 15, 2008
7389025 Coupling light into microresonators Jun. 17, 2008
7373046 Optical add/drop multiplexers May. 13, 2008
7366379 Optical component for free-space optical propagation between waveguides Apr. 29, 2008
7356227 Optical switch, optical modulator and wavelength variable filter Apr. 8, 2008
7340116 Optical switch, optical modulator and wavelength variable filter Mar. 4, 2008
7336854 Optical switch, optical modulator and wavelength variable filter Feb. 26, 2008
7302140 Optical switch and matrix optical switch Nov. 27, 2007
7292750 Signal processing system Nov. 6, 2007
7260286 Optical fiber coupling having liquid crystal adaptive coupler Aug. 21, 2007
7257286 Dual comb electrode structure with spacing for increasing a driving angle of a microscanner, and the microscanner adopting the same Aug. 14, 2007
7203396 All optical chopping using logic gates apparatus and method Apr. 10, 2007
7200290 Optical switch Apr. 3, 2007
7190862 Methods and apparatus for optical switching using electrically movable optical fibers Mar. 13, 2007
7171083 One-by-N optical switch Jan. 30, 2007
7171068 Method to improve an extinction ratio of an optical device Jan. 30, 2007
7164822 Variable optical gain control device Jan. 16, 2007
7151870 Apparatus for optically coupling a light source with an optical waveguide Dec. 19, 2006
7110641 Device for directional and wavelength-selective optical coupling Sep. 19, 2006
7082237 Optical modulators operated in parallel push-pull mode Jul. 25, 2006
7027668 Optical modulators with coplanar-waveguide-to-coplanar-strip electrode transitions Apr. 11, 2006
7013070 Method and apparatus for switching an optical beam between first and second waveguides in a semiconductor substrate layer Mar. 14, 2006
7006730 Multichannel integrated tunable thermo-optic lens and dispersion compensator Feb. 28, 2006
6999664 Polarization insensitive method and apparatus for switching and modulating an optical beam Feb. 14, 2006
6978056 Waveguide modulators having bias control with reduced temperature dependence Dec. 20, 2005
6973238 Optical switch and optical communication system Dec. 6, 2005
6947631 Waveguide-type optical multiplexer/demultiplexer Sep. 20, 2005
6933491 Remotely deployed optical fiber circulator Aug. 23, 2005
6912344 Thermo-optic wave-guide switch Jun. 28, 2005
6907181 Variable optical attenuator Jun. 14, 2005
6904207 Waveguide type liquid-crystal optical switch Jun. 7, 2005
6891986 Optical switch May. 10, 2005
6892005 Low loss integrated optic switch May. 10, 2005
6892016 Optical threshold devices and methods May. 10, 2005
6888974 On-chip optical signal routing May. 3, 2005
6876795 Modal field converter for a highly efficient coupling in optical modules Apr. 5, 2005
6873750 Electro-optic modulator with resonator Mar. 29, 2005
6842547 Adaptive chromatic dispersion compensator Jan. 11, 2005
6842573 Directional optical coupler Jan. 11, 2005
6842569 Polarization independent broad wavelength band optical switches/modulators Jan. 11, 2005
6839488 Tunable resonant cavity based on the field effect in semiconductors Jan. 4, 2005
6836574 Optical domain optical signal sampling device Dec. 28, 2004
6832028 Liquid crystal adaptive coupler for steering a light beam relative to a light-receiving end of an optical waveguide Dec. 14, 2004
6823094 Interferometer and its fabrication method Nov. 23, 2004
6810179 Variable dispersion compensator Oct. 26, 2004
6778328 Tunable field of view liquid microlens Aug. 17, 2004
6763165 Grating assisted coupler with controlled start Jul. 13, 2004
6741775 Optical switch May. 25, 2004
6735359 Optical communication module comprising an optical device with a curved optical waveguide May. 11, 2004

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