Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090022443 | Thermo-Optic Devices Providing Thermal Recirculation - Thermo-optical devices providing heater recirculation in an integrated optical device are described. The thermo-optical devices include at least one waveguide having a non-linear path length in thermal communication with a thermal device. Methods of fabrication and use are also disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022444 | THERMO-OPTIC DEVICES PROVIDING THERMAL RECIRCULATION - Thermo-optical devices providing heater recirculation in an integrated optical device are described. The thermo-optical devices include at least one waveguide having a non-linear path length in thermal communication with a thermal device. Methods of fabrication and use are also disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022454 | Periodic Optical Filter - A periodic optical filter for interleaving a plurality of optical signals to provide a multiplexed signal for transmission over an optical fiber is disclosed. The periodic optical filter includes a first optical filter constructed to receive at least two optical signals through an input port to provide at least one filtered optical signal. The periodic optical filter also includes a second optical filter, in communication with the first optical filter, constructed to receive the filtered optical signal from the first optical filter through an intermediate port to provide a multiplexed signal for transmission through an output port. At least one of the optical filters includes an infinite-impulse response filter and at least one of the optical filters includes a finite-impulse response filter. Methods of fabrication and methods of use including the periodic optical filter are disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
20090022465 | THERMO-OPTIC DEVICES PROVIDING THERMAL RECIRCULATION - Thermo-optical devices providing heater recirculation in an integrated optical device are described. The thermo-optical devices include at least one waveguide having a non-linear path length in thermal communication with a thermal device. Methods of fabrication and use are also disclosed. | 01-22-2009 |
20090110344 | Symmetric Optical Circuit with Integrated Polarization Rotator - The present invention is directed to an on-chip symmetric optical circuit having one or more integrally fabricated polarization rotators forming a monolithic, solid state polarization independent symmetric circuit. The symmetric optical circuit has at least one integrally fabricated rotator positioned in a plane of symmetry of at least one optical fiber, waveguide or circuit path of the symmetric optical circuit. The folded symmetric optical circuit may be for example a Mach-Zehnder type optical circuit or an arrayed waveguide grating optical circuit. | 04-30-2009 |
20090116786 | Multi-Channel Dispersion Compensator - A multi-channel dispersion compensator comprising an optical signal waveguide that forms an input end for receiving an optical signal and an output end for providing a filtered optical signal. The multi-channel dispersion compensator also includes a series of closed-loop resonators providing frequency delay to at least one channel of the optical signal. The optical signal waveguide and each closed-loop resonator form a tunable coupler having a coupling value. The coupling value for each tunable coupler is selected to minimize constant dispersion and linear slope dispersion of the optical signal. Methods of fabrication and use are also described. | 05-07-2009 |
20090169211 | Performance Compensated Tx/Rx Optical Devices - A wavelength division multiplexing system has a wavelength division multiplexer and a wavelength division demultiplexer. The wavelength division demultiplexer is in series with the wavelength division multiplexer to process at least one optical signal to generate at least one processed optical signal. The wavelength division multiplexer and the wavelength division demultiplexer cooperate to introduce substantially zero total chromatic dispersion in the processed optical signal. In one version, the wavelength division multiplexer and the wavelength division demultiplexer introduce opposing functions of chromatic dispersion into the at least one processed optical signal. | 07-02-2009 |
20090238579 | Polarization Demultiplexing Optical Receiver Using Polarization Oversampling and Electronic Polarization Tracking - An optical receiver utilizes differential quadrature phase-shift keying (DQPSK) demodulation and electrical crosstalk rejection to relax requirements on filter misalignment with a carrier signal and to enable electronic polarization demultiplexing of optical signals. The optical receiver uses additional polarization state information when performing differential phase measurements on the optical signals. This provides information that ensures that data can be recovered by the optical receiver regardless of the state of polarization introduced during transmission of the optical signals. The optical receiver over samples the optical signals, which enables electrical polarization demultiplexing of the optical signals. The electrical crosstalk rejection provides a tracking algorithm that isolates received optical signals, and reduces crosstalk between data sequences. | 09-24-2009 |
20090245801 | RECEIVER ON A PHOTONIC IC - An optical receiver includes a first substrate including a demultiplexer and a first optical waveguide array. An input of the demultiplexer is configured to receive a wavelength division multiplexed optical input signal having a plurality of channels. Each of the plurality of channels corresponds to one of a plurality of wavelengths. Each of the plurality of outputs is configured to supply a corresponding one of the plurality of channels. The first optical waveguide array has a plurality of inputs. Each of the inputs of the first optical waveguide array is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of channels. A second substrate is in signal communication with the first substrate and includes an optical detector array. The optical detector array has a plurality of inputs, each of which is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of channels and generate an electrical signal in response thereto. | 10-01-2009 |
20100046065 | TUNABLE OPTICAL FILTER - Consistent with the present disclosure a compact, integrated tunable filter is provided that can adjust the power levels of optical signals output from an optical amplifier, for example, so that the amplifier has a uniform spectral gain. The tunable optical filter includes a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) having cascaded Mach-Zehnder interferometers, each of which having corresponding differential optical delays. At least one of the differential optical delays is different than the rest. Alternatively, the differential optical delays are different from one another. Each of the Mach-Zehnder interferometers is connected to one another by a tunable optical coupler. Such a filter has an improved frequency response in that the number of shapes that the transmission spectrum may have is increased. Accordingly, the optical filter may be more finely tuned to more effectively flatten, for example, the output of the optical amplifier. In addition, since the tunable optical filter is realized with a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) component, manufacturing costs can be reduced, and a more compact device can be obtained. | 02-25-2010 |
20100080503 | OPTICAL INTERFACE ASSEMBLY - An optical device includes a first waveguide having an end portion configured to receive an optical signal, the optical signal having a fundamental mode; a second waveguide having an end portion spaced from the end portion of the first waveguide; and a cladding layer surrounding the first and second waveguides. The first waveguide is configured such that the optical signal undergoes multimode interference to focus the fundamental mode at the end portion of the second waveguide. | 04-01-2010 |
20100202724 | POLARIZATION BEAM SPLITTER-POLARIZATION ROTATOR STRUCTURE - A polarization beam splitter-polarization rotator-polarization beam combiner optical structure comprising a pair of polarization rotators having a polarization beam splitter associated with the input ends of the two polarization rotators, and a polarization beam combiner associated with output ends of the two polarization rotators, and a method of purifying a light signal comprising TE and TM modes by disassociating the primary TE and TM modes from first order splitter and rotation error components. | 08-12-2010 |
20100233837 | THERMO-OPTIC DEVICES PROVIDING THERMAL RECIRCULATION - Thermo-optical devices providing heater recirculation in an integrated optical device are described. The thermo-optical devices include at least one waveguide having a non-linear path length in thermal communication with a thermal device. Methods of fabrication and use are also disclosed. | 09-16-2010 |
20100329679 | TUNABLE OPTICAL DEMULTIPLEXER - A tunable optical demultiplexer includes a control circuit and one or more heaters thermally coupled to waveguides of an optical demux. The control circuit is in signal communication with the one or more heaters and includes a processor coupled to a memory. The control circuit is configured to receive an optical channel group (OCG) identification signal and adjust the power delivered to the heaters in response to the OCG identification signal and based on parameter values stored in the memory. The optical demux outputs a plurality of optical signals at a corresponding one of a plurality of outputs. The transmission characteristics of the optical demux are varied depending on the amount of power delivered to the heaters. The varying of the transmission characteristics of the optical demux adjusts the spectral shifting of the plurality of wavelengths output by the optical demux. | 12-30-2010 |