Patents by Inventor Miriam Luizink

Miriam Luizink 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).

  • Optical waveguide device comprising at least one bent waveguide channel
    Patent number: 6243525
    Abstract: The invention pertains to a polymeric optical waveguide device, such as an optical switch, splitter, phased array, Mach Zehnder interferometer, or the like, comprising at least one polymer waveguide channel embedded in a polymer cladding, said waveguide channel having a refractive index higher than that of the cladding and comprising at least one bend or curved section at least part of which has a refractive index contrast higher than that in the rest of the waveguide channel. The devices according to the invention are relatively compact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: JDS Uniphase Photonics C.V.
    Inventors: Miriam Luizink, Tsjerk Hans Hoekstra, Bernardus Hendricus Maria Hams, Franciscus Martinus Maria Suijten