G02F 1/0118
By controlling the evanescent coupling of light from a fibre into an
Official title: {by controlling the evanescent coupling of light from a fibre into an active, e.g. electro-optic, overlay}
G02F1/0118 (By controlling the evanescent coupling of light from a fibre into an) appears on 95 US grants and 73 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G02F- Granted patents
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- 19 May 2026
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