Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Switch
Reexamination Certificate
2007-07-03
2007-07-03
Font, Frank G. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Switch
C398S048000, C398S049000, C398S085000, C385S024000
Reexamination Certificate
active
11095220
ABSTRACT:
A flexible waveband deaggregator/aggregator design is disclosed, including an embodiment that utilizes flexible band tunable filters and an embodiment that utilizes tunable interleavers. An optical cross-connect design is also disclosed which utilizes the flexible waveband deaggregators and which can replace a core all-optical switch with a fiber interconnect matrix.
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Ji Philip Nan
Matsuda Osamu
Wang Ting
Zong Lane
El-Shammaa Mary
Font Frank G.
NEC Corporation
NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
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