Patents by Inventor Tsunetoshi Saitoh

Tsunetoshi Saitoh 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).

  • Patent number: 8023781
    Abstract: Two Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits are accurately point-symmetrically connected to each other to form a first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit constituting a light input side circuit. Optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths are input to a light input terminal. A second point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit having the same functional structure as the first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit is connected to a through port, which is an output terminal of the light input side circuit, as a first light output side circuit. A cross port, which is the other output terminal of the light input side circuit, is connected to a second light output side circuit having at least one of Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits whose transmittance characteristics are different from those of the Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Haruki Urabe, Tsunetoshi Saitoh, Masahito Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20110097035
    Abstract: Two Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b are accurately point-symmetrically connected to each other to form a first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 constituting a light input side circuit 1. Optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths are input to a light input terminal 17. A second point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 7 having the same functional structure as the first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 is connected to a through port 18, which is an output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, as a first light output side circuit 2. A cross port 19, which is the other output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, is connected to a second light output side circuit 3 having at least one of Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13c and 13d whose transmittance characteristics are different from those of the Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: The FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka NARA, Haruki Urabe, Tsunetoshi Saitoh, Masahito Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7885493
    Abstract: Two Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b are accurately point-symmetrically connected to each other to form a first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 constituting a light input side circuit 1. Optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths are input to a light input terminal 17. A second point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 7 having the same functional structure as the first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 is connected to a through port 18, which is an output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, as a first light output side circuit 2. A cross port 19, which is the other output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, is connected to a second light output side circuit 3 having at least one of Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13c and 13d whose transmittance characteristics are different from those of the Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Haruki Urabe, Tsunetoshi Saitoh, Masahito Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20090110393
    Abstract: Two Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b are accurately point-symmetrically connected to each other to form a first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 constituting a light input side circuit 1. Optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths are input to a light input terminal 17. A second point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 7 having the same functional structure as the first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 is connected to a through port 18, which is an output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, as a first light output side circuit 2. A cross port 19, which is the other output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, is connected to a second light output side circuit 3 having at least one of Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13c and 13d whose transmittance characteristics are different from those of the Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: The FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka NARA, Haruki Urabe, Tsunetoshi Saitoh, Masahito Morimoto
  • Patent number: 7469079
    Abstract: Two Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b are accurately point-symmetrically connected to each other to form a first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 constituting a light input side circuit 1. Optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths are input to a light input terminal 17. A second point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 7 having the same functional structure as the first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 is connected to a through port 18, which is an output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, as a first light output side circuit 2. A cross port 19, which is the other output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, is connected to a second light output side circuit 3 having at least one of Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13c and 13d whose transmittance characteristics are different from those of the Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Haruki Urabe, Tsunetoshi Saitoh, Masahito Morimoto
  • Publication number: 20070104409
    Abstract: Two Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b are accurately point-symmetrically connected to each other to form a first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 constituting a light input side circuit 1. Optical signals having a plurality of wavelengths are input to a light input terminal 17. A second point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 7 having the same functional structure as the first point-symmetrically connected optical interferometer circuit 5 is connected to a through port 18, which is an output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, as a first light output side circuit 2. A cross port 19, which is the other output terminal of the light input side circuit 1, is connected to a second light output side circuit 3 having at least one of Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13c and 13d whose transmittance characteristics are different from those of the Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer circuits 13a and 13b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutaka Nara, Haruki Urabe, Tsunetoshi Saitoh, Masahito Morimoto