John T David

US Patent:

6837625, Jan 4, 2005

Filed:

Jun 24, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/179164

Inventors:

Daniel Philip Schott - Sunnyvale CA, US
Manish Sharma - Santa Clara CA, US
Donald G. Dyke - Melbourne FL, US
James Douglas Struttmann - Indialantic FL, US
John Allen David - Malabar FL, US
Theodore William Scone - Melbourne FL, US

Assignee:

Finisar Corporation - Sunnyvale CA

International Classification:

G02B 638

US Classification:

385 60, 385 79

Abstract:

Various embodiments of methods and systems for reducing the amount of contamination that enters the optical path of an optical device are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical device includes a housing containing at least one optical component (active, passive, or both) that is configured to process an optical signal. The optical device also includes a first sleeve that encloses a portion of an optical fiber, an optical path configured to convey the optical signal between the optical component(s) and the end of the optical fiber. A flexible seal contacts a portion of the surface of the first sleeve and contacts the surface of a portion of the housing through which the first sleeve passes.

US Patent:

8547006, Oct 1, 2013

Filed:

Feb 12, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/705160

Inventors:

R. Lawrence Ives - San Mateo CA, US
Hien T. Tran - Cary NC, US
Thuc Bui - Mountain View CA, US
Adam Attarian - Raleigh NC, US
William Tallis - Cary NC, US
John David - Wooster OH, US
Virginia Forstall - Fairfax VA, US
Cynthia Andujar - Cary NC, US
Noah T. Blach - Chapel Hill NC, US
David B. Brown - Raleigh NC, US
Sean E. Gadson - Columbia SC, US
Erin M. Kiley - Loudon NH, US
Michael Read - Plainfield VT, US

Assignee:

Calabazas Creek Research, Inc. - San Mateo CA

International Classification:

H01J 29/02

US Classification:

313414, 313409, 313383, 313389, 313446

Abstract:

A multi-beam electron gun provides a plurality N of cathode assemblies comprising a cathode, anode, and focus electrode, each cathode assembly having a local cathode axis and also a central cathode point defined by the intersection of the local cathode axis with the emitting surface of the cathode. Each cathode is arranged with its central point positioned in a plane orthogonal to a device central axis, with each cathode central point an equal distance from the device axis and with an included angle of 360/N between each cathode central point. The local axis of each cathode has a cathode divergence angle with respect to the central axis which is set such that the diverging magnetic field from a solenoidal coil is less than 5 degrees with respect to the projection of the local cathode axis onto a cathode reference plane formed by the device axis and the central cathode point, and the local axis of each cathode is also set such that the angle formed between the cathode reference plane and the local cathode axis results in minimum spiraling in the path of the electron beams in a homogenous magnetic field region of the solenoidal field generator.