Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Input/output coupler
Reexamination Certificate
2005-10-04
2005-10-04
Healy, Brian M. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Input/output coupler
C385S014000, C385S010000, C385S027000, C359S341100, C398S082000, C398S084000, C398S149000, C398S160000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06952511
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to a gain equalizer having a preferable equalization characteristic and a structure that can be easily fabricated. The gain equalizer flattens a spectrum of light in a predetermined wavelength range inputted through an input terminal and outputs the light from an output terminal, and comprises a coarse-tunable equalizing section and a fine-tunable equalizing section connected in series. The coarse-tunable equalizing section coarsely flattens the spectrum of the light in the predetermined wavelength range, and includes a plurality of filters each having a large loss and a small reflectance as compared with the fine-tunable equalizing section. The fine-tunable equalizing section flattens the spectrum of the light in a wavelength range where the coarse-tunable equalizing section can not flatten at a predetermined value or less among the predetermined wavelength range.
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Ohmura Masaki
Shigehara Masakazu
Healy Brian M.
McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
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