Did You Know...
...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6542661 | Method for upgrading bandwidth in an optical system utilizing Raman amplification A method for upgrading bandwidth in a fiber optic system utilizing Raman amplification and having an initial band capacity provided by a plurality of pumps including the steps of identifying a fiber optic system to be upgraded, activating at least one new... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6535330 | Dynamic controller for a multi-channel optical amplifier A dynamic controller for a multi-channel EDFA-type optical amplifier is provided that is capable of providing a substantially tilt-free output over a range of selectable gain set points. The dynamic controller includes a variable optical attenuator couple... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6519081 | Method of operating a noise-compensating gain controller for an optical amplifier A method of operating a noise compensating gain controller in an optical amplifier to avoid overshoot of a selected gain level during amplification transients is provided. The first step of the method includes the computation of a difference in the amount... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6519079 | Optical fiber amplifier with reduced noise and method of making the same A method for amplifying optical signals and an optical fiber amplifier for accomplishing the same. An optical fiber is coupled to a source of pump light and a signal gain level is correlated to a dispersion value of the optical fiber that corresponds to a... | 02/11/2003 |
