Port array topology for high port count wavelength selective switch
US8315490B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 22, 2010 |
| Grant date | Nov 20, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/359
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical apparatus can include an optical port array having an M×N array of fiber collimator ports. The array of ports is configured such that there is a gap within each column of ports located between two rows of ports. The gap is wide enough to permit a hitless beam switching trajectory to pass between the two rows of ports from one side of the array of ports to an opposite side.
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