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Multi-device wavelength selective switch

US12317012B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

II-VI DELAWARE, INC. · US

Inventors

Jonathan Plumridge · Sydney, AU
Luke Stewart · Wilmington, US
Glenn Wayne Baxter · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 10, 2023
Grant date	May 27, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2043

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2011/0049
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Described herein is a wavelength selective switch (100), comprising an input array (102) of optical fibers. The array (102) comprises two or more columns of fibers that are spatially offset in one or both of a switching dimension or a dispersive dimension of the wavelength selective switch (100). Each column (102A, 102B) of fibers is adapted to project respective optical beams. A switching engine (112) is positioned to receive the optical beams and apply an angular switching to the beams to direct the beams to respective output fibers. The optical beams are encoded at respective angles or polarization states such that each column of optical beams is incident onto a different region of the switching engine (112).

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