Patents by Inventor Pierre-jean Rigole

Pierre-jean Rigole 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: 8559817
    Abstract: A communication system includes a communication unit with a first part and a number of a second part, where the second part is arranged to be placed at the location of an end user, and where the first part is common for a number of second parts. The first part and the second part respectively include a laser, and each second part is connected with the first part by a fiber optic cable and a frequency filter, the first part and the relevant second part being arranged to exchange information by laser light. Each second part includes a tunable laser, the first part is arranged to analyze light received from a second part, and to transmit information to the second part while the first part is receiving light from the second part, and the information contains information for the second part that it should adjust, where required, its frequency or wavelength, and the second part thus is arranged to change its frequency or wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Syntune AB
    Inventors: Gert Sarlet, Pierre-Jean Rigole
  • Publication number: 20110274439
    Abstract: A communication system includes a communication unit with a first part and a number of a second part, where the second part is arranged to be placed at the location of an end user, and where the first part is common for a number of second parts. The first part and the second part respectively include a laser, and each second part is connected with the first part by a fibre optic cable and a frequency filter, the first part and the relevant second part being arranged to exchange information by laser light. Each second part includes a tunable laser, the first part is arranged to analyze light received from a second part, and to transmit information to the second part while the first part is receiving light from the second part, and the information contains information for the second part that it should adjust, where required, its frequency or wavelength, and the second part thus is arranged to change its frequency or wavelength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: SYNTUNE AB
    Inventors: Gert Sarlet, Pierre-Jean Rigole
  • Patent number: 7957618
    Abstract: An integrated photonic circuit includes waveguides (12-19) and other photonic components. The photonic circuit has a first part (1) and a second part (2), the first part and the second part being connected to a mirror in the form of a half 2×2 multimode interferometer (MMI) (32), which comprises solely one half MMI (31) in a longitudinal direction, the half MMI (32) having two ports (33, 34) and being arranged to reflect half of the light that is incident on one of the ports to one port and transmit half of the incident light to the second port, and the free surface (35) of the half MMI (32) having been treated with a highly reflective material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Syntune AB
    Inventors: Pierre-jean Rigole, Jan-olof Wesstrom
  • Publication number: 20100183043
    Abstract: An integrated photonic circuit includes waveguides (12-19) and other photonic components. The photonic circuit has a first part (1) and a second part (2), the first part and the second part being connected to a mirror in the form of a half 2×2 multimode interferometer (MMI) (32), which comprises solely one half MMI (31) in a longitudinal direction, the half MMI (32) having two ports (33, 34) and being arranged to reflect half of the light that is incident on one of the ports to one port and transmit half of the incident light to the second port, and the free surface (35) of the half MMI (32) having been treated with a highly reflective material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2005
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Pierre-jean Rigole, Jan-olof Wesstrom