Patents by Inventor Timothy Edwin Van Eck

Timothy Edwin Van Eck 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).

  • Dual electrooptic waveguide interferometer
    Patent number: 6956653
    Abstract: A dual electrooptic interferometer and method for operation thereof. In a preferred embodiment, the interferometer includes first and second electro-optically active optical waveguides; a first electrode substantially parallel to the first waveguide in a traveling wave modulator configuration; a second electrode substantially parallel to the second waveguide in a traveling wave modulator configuration; and a photo detector array optically coupled to the outputs of the waveguides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2005
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Kwong Lam, Timothy Edwin Van Eck
  • Integrated one-dimensional mode-matching method between round and elliptical waveguide modes
    Publication number: 20020181877
    Abstract: A method and integrated optical mode transform device is given whereby an optical waveguide positioned on a support substrate for receiving light from a optical fiber passing through a mode-matcher converting light from one mode to another to minimize optical loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventor: Timothy Edwin Van Eck
  • Hybrid one-dimensional mode-matching method between round and elliptical waveguide modes
    Publication number: 20020176661
    Abstract: A method and optical mode transform device is given whereby an optical waveguide positioned on a support substrate for receiving light from a optical fiber passing through a mode-matcher converting light from one mode to another to minimize optical loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventor: Timothy Edwin Van Eck
  • Waveguide optimization for maximum-sensitivity poled polymer electro-optic modulator
    Publication number: 20020159667
    Abstract: A method of optimizing for achieving maximum sensitivity for poled polymer electro-optic modulator is given by maximizing confinement of optical power in the electro-optic core layer and maximizing lateral field attenuation coefficient in the modulator cladding material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Timothy Edwin Van Eck, Lawrence Joseph Dries, Rebecca Ellen Taylor, Wendell Douglas Eades, Angelina Sandra Moss