CA2372344C - Planar lightwave wavelength blocker - Google Patents
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- CA2372344C CA2372344C CA002372344A CA2372344A CA2372344C CA 2372344 C CA2372344 C CA 2372344C CA 002372344 A CA002372344 A CA 002372344A CA 2372344 A CA2372344 A CA 2372344A CA 2372344 C CA2372344 C CA 2372344C
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/10—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type
- G02B6/12—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind
- G02B6/12007—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer
- G02B6/12009—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides
- G02B6/12019—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings of the optical waveguide type of the integrated circuit kind forming wavelength selective elements, e.g. multiplexer, demultiplexer comprising arrayed waveguide grating [AWG] devices, i.e. with a phased array of waveguides characterised by the optical interconnection to or from the AWG devices, e.g. integration or coupling with lasers or photodiodes
- G02B6/12021—Comprising cascaded AWG devices; AWG multipass configuration; Plural AWG devices integrated on a single chip
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- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
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- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/351—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements
- G02B6/353—Optical coupling means having switching means involving stationary waveguides with moving interposed optical elements the optical element being a shutter, baffle, beam dump or opaque element
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B6/00—Light guides; Structural details of arrangements comprising light guides and other optical elements, e.g. couplings
- G02B6/24—Coupling light guides
- G02B6/26—Optical coupling means
- G02B6/35—Optical coupling means having switching means
- G02B6/3596—With planar waveguide arrangement, i.e. in a substrate, regardless if actuating mechanism is outside the substrate
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- Optics & Photonics (AREA)
- Optical Modulation, Optical Deflection, Nonlinear Optics, Optical Demodulation, Optical Logic Elements (AREA)
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US09/809,124 | 2001-03-15 | ||
| US09/809,124 US6504970B2 (en) | 2001-03-15 | 2001-03-15 | Planar lightwave wavelength blocker |
Publications (2)
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| CA2372344A1 CA2372344A1 (en) | 2002-09-15 |
| CA2372344C true CA2372344C (en) | 2007-02-13 |
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| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
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| CA002372344A Expired - Fee Related CA2372344C (en) | 2001-03-15 | 2002-02-18 | Planar lightwave wavelength blocker |
Country Status (3)
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| US (1) | US6504970B2 (https=) |
| JP (1) | JP2002323683A (https=) |
| CA (1) | CA2372344C (https=) |
Families Citing this family (18)
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| US6724952B2 (en) * | 2001-03-15 | 2004-04-20 | Lucent Technologies Inc. | Wavelength selective cross-connect (WSC) |
| US6751372B2 (en) * | 2001-03-19 | 2004-06-15 | At&T Corp | Four-port wavelength-selective crossbar switches (4WCS) using reciprocal WDM MUX-DEMUX and optical circulator combination |
| US6792180B1 (en) * | 2001-03-20 | 2004-09-14 | Kotura, Inc. | Optical component having flat top output |
| US20030002104A1 (en) * | 2001-06-29 | 2003-01-02 | Caroli Carl A. | Wavelength-selective add/drop arrangement for optical communication systems |
| US20030081888A1 (en) * | 2001-11-01 | 2003-05-01 | Doerr Christopher Richard | Integrated wavelength router |
| RU2260823C2 (ru) * | 2003-03-06 | 2005-09-20 | ООО "Юник Ай Сиз" | Оптический интегральный волноводный спектрально-селективный переключатель |
| US6917748B2 (en) * | 2003-07-01 | 2005-07-12 | Fujitsu Limited | Variable optical attenuator on an electro-optical layer |
| US7305184B2 (en) * | 2003-07-08 | 2007-12-04 | Fujitsu Limited | Method and system for management of directly connected optical components |
| US7106930B2 (en) * | 2003-07-23 | 2006-09-12 | Jds Uniphase Corporation | Dynamic optical demultiplexer/multiplexer formed within a PLC |
| US7424223B1 (en) * | 2003-08-04 | 2008-09-09 | Ciena Corporation | Reconfigurable wavelength blocking apparatus and optical selector device therefore |
| US7043132B2 (en) * | 2004-01-21 | 2006-05-09 | Fujitsu Limited | Variable optical attenuator having a waveguide and an optically coupled layer with a power monitor |
| JP4152932B2 (ja) * | 2004-09-17 | 2008-09-17 | 富士通株式会社 | 光分波方法および光合波方法、並びに、それを用いた光伝送装置 |
| DE602005001317T2 (de) * | 2005-03-07 | 2008-02-07 | Alcatel Lucent | Wellenlängenraster für DWDM |
| JP4752316B2 (ja) * | 2005-04-26 | 2011-08-17 | 日本電気株式会社 | 光合分波器及び光アド・ドロップシステム並びに光信号の合分波方法 |
| US8861966B2 (en) * | 2006-12-07 | 2014-10-14 | Futurewei Technologies, Inc. | Method and system for band blocking in an optical telecommunication network |
| CN102395866B (zh) * | 2009-02-24 | 2014-08-06 | 艾迪株式会社 | 平面光波导傅里叶变换光谱仪 |
| CN112526678B (zh) | 2019-09-17 | 2022-05-24 | 华为技术有限公司 | 一种光谱处理装置以及可重构光分插复用器 |
| JP6872212B1 (ja) * | 2021-01-15 | 2021-05-19 | サンテック株式会社 | 光デバイス |
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| US6351581B1 (en) * | 1998-03-17 | 2002-02-26 | Agere Systems Optoelectronics Guardian Corp. | Optical add-drop multiplexer having an interferometer structure |
| US6148124A (en) * | 1998-11-20 | 2000-11-14 | Lucent Technologies | Wavelength division multiplexed optical networks |
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- 2001-03-15 US US09/809,124 patent/US6504970B2/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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| US20020131684A1 (en) | 2002-09-19 |
| US6504970B2 (en) | 2003-01-07 |
| JP2002323683A (ja) | 2002-11-08 |
| CA2372344A1 (en) | 2002-09-15 |
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| EEER | Examination request | ||
| MKLA | Lapsed |