Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical signal processing device
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Application No.: US14994813Application Date: 2014-07-16
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Publication No.: US09967050B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Kazunori Seno , Kenya Suzuki , Yuichiro Ikuma , Yuzo Ishii , Koichi Hadama
- Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Workman Nydegger
- Priority: JP2013-147735 20130716
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/003782 WO 20140716
- International Announcement: WO2015/008489 WO 20150122
- Main IPC: H04J14/02
- IPC: H04J14/02 ; G02F1/31 ; G02B26/08 ; H04B10/548 ; H04B10/572

Abstract:
The invention provides a low-cost and easy-to-align optical signal processing device on which a plurality of WSS function units can be integrated using only a single lens. Optical signals input to the first input/output port group (101-1) are output into a space as collimated light via the microlens array (102). The signal light propagating through the space will be wavelength-demultiplexed by the diffraction grating (103), focused by the lens (104), and focused at the upper part in the drawing, with respect to the y-axis direction of the spatial light modulator (105). The light provided with a desired phase modulation and reflected by the spatial light modulator (105) is deflected at a desired angle in the y-z plane according to its phase setting, and further optically coupled to an arbitrary port by passing through the lens (104) again, thus the switching operation is completed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160197695A1 Optical Signal Processing Device Public/Granted day:2016-07-07
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