Programmable optical multiplexer
US6208442A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2011/0024
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical wavelength division multiplex (WDM) demultiplexer can be provided in substantially passive form. In one embodiment a wavelength filter separates alternate channels to provide a first output containing even-numbered channels and a second output containing odd-numbered channels, each output having channels separated by a bandwidth twice the channel separation bandwidth of the original WDM signal.
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