Invention Grant
- Patent Title: MMI based device
- Patent Title (中): 基于MMI的设备
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Application No.: US10493978Application Date: 2002-11-06
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Publication No.: US07349628B2Publication Date: 2008-03-25
- Inventor: Torsten Augustsson
- Applicant: Torsten Augustsson
- Applicant Address: SE Stockholm
- Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
- Current Assignee Address: SE Stockholm
- Priority: SE0103725 20011109
- International Application: PCT/SE02/02018 WO 20021106
- International Announcement: WO03/041319 WO 20030515
- Main IPC: H04J14/00
- IPC: H04J14/00 ; G02B6/26 ; G02B6/34

Abstract:
A device and method for multiplexing or demultiplexing M optical signals, each having a different wavelength λm. An MMI waveguide has a length such that each optical signal that propagates into the MMI waveguide at an i:th access waveguide, where i≦N, and N is greater than or equal to 2, produces N self-images inside the MMI waveguide at a respective distance Im from the access waveguides. Each of M wavelength selective reflectors is arranged near a respective distance Im, wherein the m:th reflector reflects the optical signal carried by the m:th wavelength, where 2≦m≦M, while being substantially transparent to all other wavelengths. Each of M phase adjustors is arranged relative to a corresponding reflector, wherein the m:th phase adjustor adjusts the phase of the self-images of the optical signal carried by the m:th wavelength to create a single self-image at a selected output access waveguide when reflected by the m:th reflector.
Public/Granted literature
- US20050008365A1 Mmi based device Public/Granted day:2005-01-13
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