Alan D Braun

US Patent:

6665476, Dec 16, 2003

Filed:

Aug 2, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/920795

Inventors:

Alan Michael Braun - New Brunswick NJ
Joseph Hy Abeles - East Brunswick NJ
Robert Amantea - Manalapan NJ

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

G02B 626

US Classification:

385 50, 385 14, 385 24, 385 27, 398 82, 398 42, 398 45, 398 48

Abstract:

One embodiment of the present invention is an exemplary wavelength selective optical coupling device. This exemplary device includes two waveguides, a ring or disc resonator, and resonator coupling elements. The waveguides are disposed on top of a substrate, not in contact with each other. The waveguides may transmit multiple wavelengths of light. The ring or disc resonator includes a dielectric member which extends parallel to the top of the substrate and overlaps, without contacting, the waveguides. The resonator is sized to resonate at a subset of resonant wavelengths. The resonator coupling elements couple the resonator to the substrate. The resonator coupling elements may include a bridge coupled to the top surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to control circuitry within the substrate. A waveguide coupling signal from the control circuitry causes the bridge to deform, translating the resonator up and down, thereby intermittently coupling and decoupling the waveguides.

US Patent:

7477670, Jan 13, 2009

Filed:

May 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/140602

Inventors:

Joseph H. Abeles - Middlesex NJ, US
Alan M. Braun - Lawrenceville NJ, US
Viktor Borisovitch Khalfin - Hightstown NJ, US
Martin H. Kwakernaak - New Brunswick NJ, US
Ramon U. Martinelli - Hightstown NJ, US
Hooman Mohseni - Wilmette IL, US

Assignee:

Sarnoff Corporation - Princeton NJ

International Classification:

H01S 5/00

US Classification:

372 5012, 372 501, 372 5022

Abstract:

A high power laser system including: a plurality of emitters each including a large area waveguide and a plurality of quantum well regions optically coupled to the large area waveguide, wherein each of the quantum well regions exhibits a low modal overlap with the large area waveguide; a collimator optically coupled to the emitters; a diffraction grating optically coupled through the collimator to the emitters; and, an output coupler optically coupled through the diffraction grating to the emitters.

US Patent:

8538787, Sep 17, 2013

Filed:

Jun 18, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/764497

Inventors:

Alan D. Braun - Morris Plains NJ, US
Isaac J. Graf - Flushing NY, US
Shoel D. Perelman - New York NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00

US Classification:

705 711, 705 712, 705 723, 709224, 370230, 370252

Abstract:

A service model of resources is created and the resources are mapped to a plurality of templates. The service model represents real-time characteristics of resources for an enterprise. Rule-based Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are then configured on the templates and thereby applied to the depicted resources, and the overall health of the system that utilizes the depicted resources depicted is determined. These KPI's can be chained in a way that allows the user a large amount of flexibility to report the metrics most relevant to the health of the business.

US Patent:

20060022761, Feb 2, 2006

Filed:

Jul 18, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/183561

Inventors:

Joseph Abeles - East Brunswick NJ, US
Alan Braun - Lawrenceville NJ, US
Winston Chan - Princeton NJ, US
Martin Kwakernaak - New Brunswick NJ, US
Steven Lipp - West Windsor NJ, US
Alfred Ulmer - Beverly NJ, US

International Classification:

H01S 1/06

US Classification:

331094100

Abstract:

A clock including: a portable, at least partially evacuated housing; a cell being positioned within the housing and including an internal cavity having interior dimensions each less than about 1 millimeter, an intra-cavity pressure of at least about 760 Torr, and containing a metal atomic vapor; an electrical to optical energy converter being positioned within the housing to emit light through the metal atomic vapor; an optical energy intensity detector being positioned within the housing to receive the light emitted by the converter through the metal atomic vapor; at least one conductive winding around the cavity to stabilize the magnetic field experienced in the cavity dependently upon the detector; and, an output to provide a signal from the housing dependently upon the detector detecting the light emitted by the converter through the metal atomic vapor.

US Patent:

20080312982, Dec 18, 2008

Filed:

Jun 15, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/763547

Inventors:

Alan D. Braun - Morris Plains NJ, US
Isaac J. Graf - Flushing NY, US
Shoel D. Perelman - New York NY, US

Assignee:

International Business Machine Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 9/44

US Classification:

705 7

Abstract:

A service model of resources is dynamically created from a selected service model template. A user-input or incoming event selects one of multiple pre-defined service model templates for construction of a selected service model. The selected service model represents real-time characteristics of resources for an enterprise. External data sources, which are used to describe the real-time characteristics of the depicted resources, are then identified, and the service model is constructed using the identified external data sources.

US Patent:

20110274130, Nov 10, 2011

Filed:

Apr 29, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/098248

Inventors:

Joseph Hy Abeles - East Brunswick NJ, US
Zane Alan Shellenbarger - Pennington NJ, US
Winston Kong Chan - Princeton NJ, US
Alan Michael Braun - Lawrence Township NJ, US

International Classification:

H01S 5/22
H01L 21/28

US Classification:

372 4501, 438 39, 257E21158

Abstract:

The present disclosure relates to a diode laser and a method for producing the same. In one embodiment, the diode laser, comprises a passive pedestal layer structure, an active ridge layer structure positioned over the passive pedestal layer structure, a p-contact contacting a top side of the active ridge layer structure, a first n-contact disposed on a first side of the active ridge layer structure, a second n-contact disposed on a second side of the active ridge layer structure and, an n-final-metal layer connecting the first n-contact metal and the second n-contact metal, wherein the n-final-metal layer is continuous over the active ridge layer structure.

US Patent:

20130007103, Jan 3, 2013

Filed:

Jun 30, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/174635

Inventors:

Alan David Braun - Randolph NJ, US
Thomas Gabriel Adcox - Austin TX, US

Assignee:

APPLE INC. - Cupertino CA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709203

Abstract:

An interactive content management system and method is disclosed that allows an administrator operating a server device to manage the presentation of interactive content on client devices that are in communication with the server device. The communication can be through wired or wireless networks. Client users can interact with the content independent of the administrator or other client users. This allows each client user to interact with the content at the client user's own pace. The server device can be configured to allow the administrator to see what each client user is seeing on their respective client devices. The interactive content can include any type of content, including active links to other content available on the Web or from other content sources. The administrator can send specific content to specific client users or the same content to all client users.