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1. US5526155 - High-density optical wavelength division multiplexing

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Office United States of America
Application Number 08151441
Application Date 12.11.1993
Publication Number 5526155
Publication Date 11.06.1996
Grant Number 5526155
Grant Date 11.06.1996
Publication Kind A
IPC
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04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
JMULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
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GPHYSICS
02OPTICS
BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
6Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
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26Optical coupling means
34utilising prism or grating
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6Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
24Coupling light guides
42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
H04J 14/02
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04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
JMULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
14Optical multiplex systems
02Wavelength-division multiplex systems
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6Light guides
24Coupling light guides
26Optical coupling means
28having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
293with wavelength selective means
29304operating by diffraction, e.g. grating
29305as bulk element, i.e. free space arrangement external to a light guide
2931Diffractive element operating in reflection
G02B 6/29313
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6Light guides
24Coupling light guides
26Optical coupling means
28having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
293with wavelength selective means
29304operating by diffraction, e.g. grating
29305as bulk element, i.e. free space arrangement external to a light guide
29313characterised by means for controlling the position or direction of light incident to or leaving the diffractive element, e.g. for varying the wavelength response
G02B 6/2938
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6Light guides
24Coupling light guides
26Optical coupling means
28having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
293with wavelength selective means
29379characterised by the function or use of the complete device
2938for multiplexing or demultiplexing, i.e. combining or separating wavelengths, e.g. 1xN, NxM
G02B 6/29394
GPHYSICS
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BOPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
6Light guides
24Coupling light guides
26Optical coupling means
28having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
293with wavelength selective means
29379characterised by the function or use of the complete device
29392Controlling dispersion
29394Compensating wavelength dispersion
G02B 6/29395
GPHYSICS
02OPTICS
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6Light guides
24Coupling light guides
26Optical coupling means
28having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals
293with wavelength selective means
29379characterised by the function or use of the complete device
29395configurable, e.g. tunable or reconfigurable
G02B 6/4246
GPHYSICS
02OPTICS
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6Light guides
24Coupling light guides
42Coupling light guides with opto-electronic elements
4201Packages, e.g. shape, construction, internal or external details
4246Bidirectionally operating package structures
Applicants AT&T Corp.
Inventors Knox Wayne H.
Miller David A. B.
Nuss Martin C.
Title
(EN) High-density optical wavelength division multiplexing
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Abstract
(EN)

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for high-density optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) using a single optical source. An optical wavelength division multiplexer in accordance with the present invention includes an optical source providing an optical pulse signal. A wavelength splitter separates the optical pulse signal spectrum into a plurality of channel signals at different wavelengths such that each channel signal may be separately modulated or otherwise processed. A wavelength combiner then recombines the separately modulated channel signals to provide a high-density WDM optical signal particularly well-suited for use in optical circuit interconnection and optical communication network applications. The high-density single-source multiplexer of the present invention may also be conveniently adjusted to align channel signal wavelengths or to compensate for optical fiber dispersion.
Also published as
CA2132559
EP0654917
DE000069432850
JP1995212346
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