Patents by Inventor Stéphane Rabaron

Stéphane Rabaron 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 amplifier device
    Patent number: 6867911
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical amplifier device including a semiconductor optical amplifier component (1) including a guide active structure (12), characterized in that the guide active structure (12) is subjected to a stress external to said component (1) coming from integrating said component (1) in said device, and in that said component (1) has a controlled sensitivity to the state of polarization of the light to be amplified in order to render the gain of said optical amplifier device insensitive to the polarization of said light to be amplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Avanex Corporation
    Inventors: François Dorgeuille, Stéphane Rabaron, Frédéric Pommereail, Claude Artigue, Philippe Brosson
  • Optical amplifier device
    Publication number: 20020154392
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical amplifier device including a semiconductor optical amplifier component (1) including a guide active structure (12), characterized in that the guide active structure (12) is subjected to a stress external to said component (1) coming from integrating said component (1) in said device, and in that said component (1) has a controlled sensitivity to the state of polarization of the light to be amplified in order to render the gain of said optical amplifier device insensitive to the polarization of said light to be amplified.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Francois Dorgeuille, Stephane Rabaron, Frederic Pommereau, Claude Artigue, Philippe Brosson
  • Method of aligning an optical component with an inclined guide mounted on a base and the associated optical device
    Publication number: 20020044745
    Abstract: The invention concerns an optical device having an optical component (1) disposed on a base (5) provided with support elements (20), the component having a waveguide (12) and an exit facet (15) situated in a plane perpendicular to the plane of assembly of the component on the base, the said facet being inclined with respect to the plane perpendicular to the axis (11) of the waveguide, an optical wave issuing from the component then propagating in an intermediate medium along an optical exit beam axis (30), characterised in that the optical component has support elements (18) complementary to those (20) of the base and which cooperate with the latter for lateral positioning (x), and in that the complementary support elements (18, 20) are disposed so as not to modify the direction of the said optical axis (30) of the exit beam during a longitudinal movement (z) of the component on the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Bruno Fernier, Dominique Keller, Stephane Rabaron, Alwin Goth