Patents by Inventor E. Bjorlin

E. Bjorlin 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).

  • MEMS tunable vertical-cavity semiconductor optical amplifier
    Publication number: 20060268398
    Abstract: A MEMS-tunable semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). A device in accordance with the present invention comprises a substrate, a first mirror, coupled to the substrate, a second mirror, an active region, coupled between the first and second mirror, and a microelectromechanical actuator, coupled to the second mirror, wherein a voltage is applied to the microelectromechanical actuator to tune the SOA.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Inventors: Garrett Cole, E. Bjorlin, Qi Chen, Noel MacDonald, John Bowers