Patents by Inventor Cheng-Kuang Liu

Cheng-Kuang Liu 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).

  • Patent number: 8315281
    Abstract: A wavelength-tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser is provided. Generally speaking, the wavelength-tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser employs an RSOA (reflective semiconductor optical amplifier) and an OTF (optical tunable filter) to construct a novel ring resonant cavity. Additionally, a signal generator can be further employed to transmit modulated signals to the RSOA, whereby generating light wave with the modulated signals, so as to provide tunable wave-length and direct modulation at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zih-Rong Lin, Cheng-Kuang Liu, Yu-Jhu Jhang, Gerd Keiser
  • Publication number: 20120170600
    Abstract: A wavelength-tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser is provided. Generally speaking, the wavelength-tunable directly modulated fiber ring laser employs an RSOA (reflective semiconductor optical amplifier) and an OTF (optical tunable filter) to construct a novel ring resonant cavity. Additionally, a signal generator can be further employed to transmit modulated signals to the RSOA, whereby generating light wave with the modulated signals, so as to provide tunable wave-length and direct modulation at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zih-Rong LIN, Cheng-Kuang LIU, Yu-Jhu JHANG, Gerd KEISER
  • Publication number: 20100322624
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a bidirectional transmission network apparatus based on a tunable rare-earth-doped fiber laser source. It is useful in wavelength-division-multiplexing access networks. The fiber ring laser not only generates downstream data traffic but also serves as the wavelength-selecting injection light source for the Fabry-PĂ©rot lasers (or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers) located at the subscriber site. The fiber laser is constructed based on optical filtering, polarization control and noise suppression techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: CHENG-KUANG LIU, SAN-LIANG LEE, CHIH-LUNG TSENG, JAU-JI JOU, SHU-CHUAN LIN