Patents by Inventor Paula Fournier

Paula Fournier 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).

  • Single-polarization fiber
    Patent number: 8369672
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a single-polarization fiber that may include a W-type refractive-index profile having a depressed region along an unguided principal axis of the fiber, and a quasi step-index profile along a guided principal axis of the fiber. The quasi step-index profile may have a depressed region with a radial extent at least twice that of the depressed region along the unguided axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Verrillon, Inc.
    Inventors: William Jacobsen, Jeffrey Mayfield, Paula Fournier, David Bolte, Hussein Elmaola, Chih-Hao Wang, Gary Drenzek, Abdelouahed Soufiane
  • SINGLE-POLARIZATION FIBER
    Publication number: 20110262090
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a single-polarization fiber that may include a W-type refractive-index profile having a depressed region along an unguided principal axis of the fiber, and a quasi step-index profile along a guided principal axis of the fiber. The quasi step-index profile may have a depressed region with a radial extent at least twice that of the depressed region along the unguided axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Verrillon, Inc.
    Inventors: William Jacobsen, Jeffrey Mayfield, Paula Fournier, David Bolte, Hussein Elmaola, Chih-Hao Wang, Gary Drenzek, Abdelouahed Soufiane
  • Optical fiber with a radially varying index of refraction and related methods
    Patent number: 6807350
    Abstract: An optical fiber has a core with a diameter dc and a reflective index nc; a primary cladding concentrically surrounding the core and having an outer diameter dpc and a refractive index npc less than the core refractive index nc; and a secondary cladding concentrically surrounding the primary cladding and having an outer diameter dsc and a refractive index nsc less than the primary cladding refractive index npc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Verrillon, Inc.
    Inventors: Abdelouahed Soufiane, Musa Awaleh, John MacDonald, Paula Fournier
  • Optical fiber with a radially varying index of refraction and related methods
    Publication number: 20030016927
    Abstract: An optical fiber has a core with a diameter dc and a reflective index nc; a primary cladding concentrically surrounding the core and having an outer diameter dpc and a refractive index npc less than the core refractive index nc; and a secondary cladding concentrically surrounding the primary cladding and having an outer diameter dsc and a refractive index nsc less than the primary cladding refractive index npc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: IntelCore Technologies
    Inventors: Abdelouahed Soufiane, Musa Awaleh, John MacDonald, Paula Fournier