Agile light source provisioning for information and communications technology systems
US8798472B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Grant date | Aug 5, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B27/1006
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A chassis includes a plurality of continuous wave lasers each operable to emit a continuous wave optical beam at the same power as the other lasers, and a plurality of optical couplers operable to input the continuous wave optical beams of the same power and output a plurality of continuous wave optical beams at different powers. The chassis further includes a plurality of optical assemblies operable to modulate the continuous wave optical beams of different powers into a plurality of modulated optical signals at different powers and couple the modulated optical signals onto different length optical mediums so that lower power ones of the modulated optical signals are coupled to shorter ones of the optical mediums and higher power ones of the modulated optical signals are coupled to longer ones of the optical mediums.
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