Method and apparatus for controlling, monitoring, and communicating with tunable optical devices and subassemblies
US9722705B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2015 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S5/0085
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling, monitoring, and communicating with an optical device, photonic integrated circuit or subassembly is provided. The apparatus includes an optical device or subassembly; and afield programmable device including programmable hardware gates coupled to the optical device or subassembly. The field programmable device may be configured to implement a plurality of functions at a gate level for controlling, monitoring, and/or communicating with the optical device or subassembly, each of the plurality of functions being configured to execute as a concurrent process, without use of a microprocessor or a microcontroller. Further, a programmable optical device, such as a programmable optical transmitter, optical subassembly, or transceiver based on a tunable laser having field programmable device centric control systems with software-enabled features offer extensive real-time control and monitoring functionality based on for example actual traffic flows.
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