Optical signal processor
US6377388B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2000 |
| Grant date | Apr 23, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/3517
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical signal processor is disclosed comprising a first optical path having a first electroabsorption optical modulator to be applied with a constant voltage and to absorb light of a signal wavelength, a second optical path having a fixed phase relation with the first optical path relative to a probe wavelength, a probe light introducer for dividing probe light of the probe wavelength into two portions and feeding them respectively into the first and second optical paths, an original signal light introducer for introducing original signal light of the signal wavelength into the first electroabsorption optical modulator, and a combiner for combining both light of the probe wavelength passed through the first and second paths.
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