WDM transmitter and receiver
US6456754B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 1, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 24, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 1, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/0305
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates to an arrangement and to a method for wavelength selecting transmission, said arrangement comprising two N×N MMI waveguides (10 and 20), where N≧2, 2 (N−1) number of lasers (1 and 2) and N-number of Mach-Zehnder waveguides (31, 32, 33, 34 and 35). A first N×N MMI waveguide (10) is coupled with N−1 number of lasers (1) and a free access waveguide (15) on a first side, and N-number of Mach-Zehnder waveguides (31, 32, 33, 34 and 35) of mutually different lengths on a second side. The free access waveguide (15) is coupled with a last port (a15) on the first side of the first MMI waveguide (10). A second N×N MMI waveguide (20) is coupled with said N-number of Mach-Zehnder waveguides (31, 32, 33, 34 and 35) on a second side and N−1 number of lasers 82) and a free access waveguide (21) on a first side, where N−1 number of Mach-Zehnder waveguides (31, 32, 33 and 34) include a trimming section (41, 42, 43 and 44). The free access waveguide (21) is coupled with a first port (a21) on the first side of the second MMI waveguide (20). A first to a last Mach-Zehnder waveguide (31, 32, 33, 34 and 35) are arranged between a …
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