Ultra-fast tunable optical filters
US6222964A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 24, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 8, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/225
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical filter including at least one multiport optical coupler formed on a gallium arsenide substrate, one connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler receiving an input optical signal, and another connection port of the at least one multiport optical coupler outputting a filtered optical signal and at least one electrically tunable optical resonator, formed on the gallium arsenide substrate and connected to at least one of the at least multiport optical coupler.
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