EP1733267A4 - Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit - Google Patents

Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit

Info

Publication number: EP1733267A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: diffraction grating; lightwave circuit; planar lightwave; double diffraction; grating planar
Prior art date: 2004-03-24
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Withdrawn

Application number

EP05714593A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP1733267A1 (en

Inventor

Serge Bidnyk

Ashok Balakrishnan

Matt Pearson

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Enablence Inc

Original Assignee

Enablence Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2004-03-24

Filing date

2005-03-07

Publication date

2008-03-26

2004-08-24 Priority claimed from US10/923,987 external-priority patent/US7068885B2/en

2005-03-07 Application filed by Enablence Inc filed Critical Enablence Inc

2005-03-07 Priority to EP10179316A priority Critical patent/EP2259109A1/en

2006-12-20 Publication of EP1733267A1 publication Critical patent/EP1733267A1/en

2008-03-26 Publication of EP1733267A4 publication Critical patent/EP1733267A4/en

Status Withdrawn legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/34—Optical coupling means utilising prism or grating
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
- G02B6/122—Basic optical elements, e.g. light-guiding paths
- G02B6/124—Geodesic lenses or integrated gratings
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
- G02B6/12007—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/28—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
- G02B6/293—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means
- G—PHYSICS
- G02—OPTICS
- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/42—Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements

EP05714593A 2004-03-24 2005-03-07 Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit Withdrawn EP1733267A4 (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
EP10179316A EP2259109A1 (en)	2004-03-24	2005-03-07	Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US55568604P	2004-03-24	2004-03-24
US10/923,987 US7068885B2 (en)	2004-03-24	2004-08-24	Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit
PCT/CA2005/000352 WO2005091032A1 (en)	2004-03-24	2005-03-07	Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP1733267A1 EP1733267A1 (en)	2006-12-20
EP1733267A4 true EP1733267A4 (en)	2008-03-26

Family

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Family Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP10179316A Withdrawn EP2259109A1 (en)	2004-03-24	2005-03-07	Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit
EP05714593A Withdrawn EP1733267A4 (en)	2004-03-24	2005-03-07	Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP10179316A Withdrawn EP2259109A1 (en)	2004-03-24	2005-03-07	Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit

Country Status (6)

Country	Link
EP (2)	EP2259109A1 (en)
JP (1)	JP2007530993A (en)
KR (1)	KR20070011327A (en)
CA (1)	CA2560329C (en)
NO (1)	NO20064795L (en)
WO (1)	WO2005091032A1 (en)

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2005
- 2005-03-07 CA CA2560329A patent/CA2560329C/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 2005-03-07 WO PCT/CA2005/000352 patent/WO2005091032A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2005-03-07 KR KR1020067019691A patent/KR20070011327A/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2005-03-07 EP EP10179316A patent/EP2259109A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2005-03-07 EP EP05714593A patent/EP1733267A4/en not_active Withdrawn
- 2005-03-07 JP JP2007504220A patent/JP2007530993A/en active Pending
2006
- 2006-10-23 NO NO20064795A patent/NO20064795L/en not_active Application Discontinuation

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JPS61223711A (en) *	1985-03-28	1986-10-04	Nippon Sheet Glass Co Ltd	Demultiplexer for optical communication
US5355237A (en) *	1993-03-17	1994-10-11	The United States Of America As Represented By The Administrator Of The National Aeronautics And Space Administration	Wavelength-division multiplexed optical integrated circuit with vertical diffraction grating
US5937113A (en) *	1998-04-17	1999-08-10	National Research Council Of Canada	Optical grating-based device having a slab waveguide polarization compensating region
US20020186925A1 (en) *	2001-06-07	2002-12-12	Ying-Tsung Lu	Planar optical waveguide dense wavelength division multiplexer

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
KR20070011327A (en)	2007-01-24
WO2005091032A1 (en)	2005-09-29
CA2560329A1 (en)	2005-09-29
CA2560329C (en)	2011-11-15
EP1733267A1 (en)	2006-12-20
NO20064795L (en)	2006-10-23
EP2259109A1 (en)	2010-12-08
JP2007530993A (en)	2007-11-01

Legal Events

Date	Code	Title	Description
2006-11-17	PUAI	Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012
2006-12-20	17P	Request for examination filed	Effective date: 20061024
2007-03-21	RBV	Designated contracting states (corrected)	Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ LI
2007-03-28	RBV	Designated contracting states (corrected)	Designated state(s): DE DK FR GB IT SE
2007-06-27	DAX	Request for extension of the european patent (deleted)
2007-07-18	RBV	Designated contracting states (corrected)	Designated state(s): DE DK FR GB IT SE
2007-10-03	RBV	Designated contracting states (corrected)	Designated state(s): DE DK FR GB IT SE
2008-03-26	A4	Supplementary search report drawn up and despatched	Effective date: 20080226
2008-03-26	RIC1	Information provided on ipc code assigned before grant	Ipc: G02B 6/12 20060101ALI20080220BHEP Ipc: G02B 5/18 20060101ALI20080220BHEP Ipc: G02B 6/34 20060101AFI20051005BHEP
2008-07-09	17Q	First examination report despatched	Effective date: 20080610
2010-11-29	GRAP	Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent	Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1
2011-09-09	STAA	Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent	Free format text: STATUS: THE APPLICATION IS DEEMED TO BE WITHDRAWN
2011-10-12	18D	Application deemed to be withdrawn	Effective date: 20110419

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