Patents by Inventor Ben Eggleton

Ben Eggleton 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).

  • Broadband grating
    Patent number: 6081640
    Abstract: An optical device incorporating a grating structure and method of producing same. The grating structure is composed of higher and lower refractive index regions which are positioned periodically with period P, wherein at least one of an amplitude, a phase, and a spatial frequency of the grating structure varies periodically with period L, and wherein at least one of the period L and the period P is chirped continuously over substantially the full extend of the grating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignees: The University of Sydney, Telstra Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Francois Ouellette, Peter Krug, Ben Eggleton, Peter Hill