Method and apparatus to provide multi-channel bulk fiber optical power detection
US7676125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 18, 2007 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B26/12
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An apparatus is described to provide multi-channel bulk optical power detection. The apparatus has a plurality of optical splitters coupled to respective fiber-optic lines of a plurality of fiber-optic lines. An optimal time-division multiplexer has an input coupled to the plurality of optical splitters. A photodetector is coupled to an output of the optical time-division multiplexer to provide bulk optical power detection. The optical time-division multiplexer includes a scanning mirror.
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