All fiber wavelength selective optical switch
US5446809A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 23, 1994 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 23, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0052
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An all fiber wavelength selective optical switch has one or more 1.times.N input optical couplers 20,120, each having an input signal with a plurality of wavelengths .lambda..sub.1, .lambda..sub.2, .lambda..sub.3. The output signals from the couplers 20,120 are connected to fibers 26,32,126,158 having Bragg gratings impressed therein, each having a central reflection wavelength, and each having a tuner attached thereto for detuning a central reflection wavelength of the gratings from a base wavelength corresponding to a wavelength of the input signal. For a given grating to pass a particular wavelength of the input signal that grating must be detuned. The fibers 26,32,126,158 are also connected to one or more N.times.1 couplers 66,98 to combine input signals from to different input couplers. The switch allows any combination of input wavelengths from any input signal to be selectively switched to one or more output ports.
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