Patents by Inventor B. Yoon Kim

B. Yoon Kim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Acousto-optic tunable apparatus having a fiber bragg grating and an offset core
    Patent number: 6909823
    Abstract: A method and apparatus that microbend a fiber Bragg grating with a transverse acoustic wave. The fiber Bragg grating reflects one or more Nth order sidebands of reflection wavelengths an optical signal in order to couple the band of wavelenghts within from a first mode to a second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Novera Optics, Inc.
    Inventors: Wayne V. Sorin, B. Yoon Kim