Patents by Inventor Paul Victor Mukai

Paul Victor Mukai 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).

  • Dynamic alignment of optical fibers to optical circuit devices such as planar lightwave circuits
    Patent number: 6937335
    Abstract: An improved method and system of aligning an optical fiber or optical fiber array to an optical circuit device couples an optical signal source and an optical measuring device to the optical fiber array, the other side of which array is coupled to the same side of the optical circuit device, thereby forming an initial U-shaped optical path from the optical signal source to the optical fiber array to the optical circuit device to the optical fiber array and to the optical measuring device. The optical path is adjusted until the optical measuring device finds a characteristic of the optical signal to be satisfactory. At that time, the final alignment may be fixed or made permanent. The characteristic of the optical signal may include, for example, the intensity of the optical signal, which is preferably at a maximum or the insertion loss which is preferably at a minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Inventor: Paul Victor Mukai
  • Dynamic alignment of optical fibers to optical circuit devices such as planar lightwave circuits
    Publication number: 20030169422
    Abstract: An improved method and system of aligning an optical fiber or optical fiber array to an optical circuit device couples an optical signal source and an optical measuring device to the optical fiber array, the other side of which array is coupled to the same side of the optical circuit device, thereby forming an initial U-shaped optical path from the optical signal source to the optical fiber array to the optical circuit device to the optical fiber array and to the optical measuring device. The optical path is adjusted until the optical measuring device finds a characteristic of the optical signal to be satisfactory. At that time, the final alignment may be fixed or made permanent. The characteristic of the optical signal may include, for example, the intensity of the optical signal, which is preferably at a maximum or the insertion loss which is preferably at a minimum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: Newport Opticom, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul Victor Mukai