Patents by Inventor Joël Alanis

Joël Alanis 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).

  • Device for transmitting an optical wave in a structure provided with an optical fiber and method for making same
    Patent number: 6876787
    Abstract: A device for transmitting optical waves has a structure having at least an optical guide element wherein the structure comprises hollow parts or notches (9, 10) adapted to receive the end parts (13, 14) of an optical fiber (12) such that the fiber spans the surface (11a) of the structure separating the hollow parts and the ends of the optical fiber are respectively optically coupled to optical guide elements (7, 8) of the structure. The invention also concerns a method for making such a device which consists in etching the notch by cutting off the end of the optical micro-guide. The device is useful for producing optical switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Opsitech--Optical System on a Chip
    Inventors: Michel Bruel, Patrick Mottier, Joël Alanis
  • Device for transmitting an optical wave in a structure provided with an optical fibre and method for making same
    Publication number: 20040013340
    Abstract: A device for transmitting optical waves comprises a structure having at least an optical guide element wherein the structure comprises hollow parts or notches (9, 10) adapted to receive the end parts (13, 14) of an optical fibre (12) such that the fibre spans the surface (11a) of the structure separating the hollow parts and the ends of the optical fibre are respectively optically coupled to optical guide elements (7, 8) of the structure. The invention also concerns a method for making such a device which consists in etching the notch by cutting off the end of the optical micro-guide. The device is useful for producing optical switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Michel Bruel, Patrick Mottier, Joel Alanis