Patents by Inventor Mark G. Brun

Mark G. Brun 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).

  • Method and apparatus for aligning optical waveguide arrays
    Patent number: 6181856
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing an improved coupling between waveguides of an integrated optical waveguide circuit component and waveguides of an optical fiber array. The circuit component and optical fiber array are aligned and adjusted relative to each other while sensing the total optical power outputted from all of the optical fibers of the array. An integrating sphere is utilized to sum the individual optical power outputs of all of the optical fibers and an autoalignment system is used to adjust the relevant position of the component and the fiber array to maximize the total optical power outputted from the fibers into the integrating sphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2001
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Mark G. Brun