Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Planar lightwave circuit based tunable 3 port filter
- Patent Title (中): 平面光波电路可调3端口滤波器
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Application No.: US12029322Application Date: 2008-02-11
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Publication No.: US07889991B2Publication Date: 2011-02-15
- Inventor: Eliseo Ranalli
- Applicant: Eliseo Ranalli
- Applicant Address: US CA Milpitas
- Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation
- Current Assignee: JDS Uniphase Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Milpitas
- Agency: Pequignot + Myers LLC
- Agent Matthew A. Pequignot
- Main IPC: H04J14/02
- IPC: H04J14/02 ; G02B6/35

Abstract:
The invention relates to a tunable optical add/drop module (TOADM) monolithically integrated on a single planar lightwave circuit (PLC). The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art by providing virtual pupils at the interface between the channel waveguides and the slab waveguide on the PLC for focusing each wavelength channel, and additional on-chip lenses on the PLC for transforming the focal plane of the spatially dispersive demultiplexer into a substantially flat plane at the edge of the PLC. On-chip lenses are realized as reflective surfaces within slab waveguiding regions having a surface curvature to provide optical power.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080193134A1 Planar Lightwave Circuit Based Tunable 3 Port Filter Public/Granted day:2008-08-14
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