Parallel optical transponder enabled by optical comb sources
US10454587B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 22, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 22, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/212
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Parallel optical transponders with an optical comb source, and methods of using the same, are provided. The optical comb source can provide multiple optical carriers from a single source. The multiple optical carriers can be phase-aligned, which can allow joint processing of a received signal. The multiple optical carriers can also allow for modulating a demultiplexed data signal using multiple modulators rather than modulating the entire data signal using a single modulator.
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