Patents by Inventor Michele Ann Milbrodt

Michele Ann Milbrodt 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).

  • Apparatus for pumping an optical fiber laser
    Patent number: 5887097
    Abstract: In accordance with the invention, arrays optical sources are combined in a multilevel planar optical waveguide structure for insertion into an optical fiber laser. The basic element of the combiner is a planar array of multiple waveguides which converge and are gradually tapered to a single output waveguide. A plurality of such elements integrally formed on successive cladding layers provides a high power stack of vertically aligned outputs. An arrangement is described for using such apparatus in the amplification of optical communications signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Howard Henry, Daryl Inniss, Edward John Laskowski, Michele Ann Milbrodt