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Hitless tunable optical add drop multiplexer with vernier gratings

US7317852B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

David A. G. Deacon · Sunnyvale, US
Steven J. Madden · Griffith, AU
Jorg Hubner · Heidelberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 31, 2006
Grant date	Jan 8, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 31, 2026

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04J14/0201
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A set of three gratings may be operated in a vernier loop fashion to select a particular wavelength from a wavelength division multiplexed system. As a result, an optical add/drop multiplexer may be provided that can be tuned to select a desired wavelength. In one embodiment, the tuning may be done thermo-optically.

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