AU2001242953A1 - Device and method for optical add/drop multiplexing - Google Patents

Device and method for optical add/drop multiplexing

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AU2001242953A1
AU2001242953A1 AU2001242953A AU4295301A AU2001242953A1 AU 2001242953 A1 AU2001242953 A1 AU 2001242953A1 AU 2001242953 A AU2001242953 A AU 2001242953A AU 4295301 A AU4295301 A AU 4295301A AU 2001242953 A1 AU2001242953 A1 AU 2001242953A1
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advance
channel
optical add
wavelength
drop multiplexing
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Torsten Augustsson
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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    • G02B6/29304—Optical coupling means having data bus means, i.e. plural waveguides interconnected and providing an inherently bidirectional system by mixing and splitting signals with wavelength selective means operating by diffraction, e.g. grating
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    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
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    • G02F1/29—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the position or the direction of light beams, i.e. deflection
    • G02F1/31—Digital deflection, i.e. optical switching
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AU2001242953A 2000-03-24 2001-03-20 Device and method for optical add/drop multiplexing Abandoned AU2001242953A1 (en)

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SE0001050 2000-03-24
SE0001050A SE0001050L (sv) 2000-03-24 2000-03-24 Anordning och förfarande för optisk add/drop-multiplexering
PCT/SE2001/000574 WO2001073994A1 (en) 2000-03-24 2001-03-20 Device and method for optical add/drop multiplexing

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EP (1) EP1266471B1 (de)
AT (1) ATE308170T1 (de)
AU (1) AU2001242953A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60114387T2 (de)
SE (1) SE0001050L (de)
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US7330658B2 (en) 2008-02-12
SE514903C2 (sv) 2001-05-14
DE60114387T2 (de) 2006-07-27
SE0001050L (sv) 2001-05-14
EP1266471A1 (de) 2002-12-18
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