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7620274 Optical protection switch and method for optical protection switching  
An optical protection switch and a method for optical protection switching are provided. The optical protection switch includes a loop mirror-based optical switch with two circulators and a...
7616848 Optical transmission apparatus  
In an optical transmission apparatus, optical power of each of wavelength contained in a wavelength multiplexing signal is measured, a measured value of the optical power of each wavelength is...
7613370 Optical switch and method of adjusting optical switch  
An optical switch includes an input port into which a multiplexed optical signal is input; a dispersing unit that, according to wavelength, disperses the multiplexed optical signal into a plurality...
7609935 Optical vector modulator  
An optical vector modulator includes an information generator that generates a plurality of N-bit streams at an output where each of the plurality of N-bit streams represents a desired modulation...
7606488 Wavelength-division-multiplexing optical transmission system and control method thereof  
In a wavelength-division-multiplexing optical transmission system in which optical-node apparatuses that perform relay transmission of wavelength-division-multiplexed light are located at specified...
7606451 Optical communication system, optical reader, and method of reading information  
An optical communication system includes at least one optical ID tag and at least one optical reader. Identification information is communicated between the optical ID tag and the optical reader...
7603014 Method for the manufacture of optical fibers and improved optical fibers  
The present invention is directed to a universal channel dispersion compensating fiber (CDCF) for WDM channel compensation that provides essentially zero dispersion slope over the wide wavelength...
7603007 Quadrature phase-shift keying modulator and phase shift amount controlling method for the same  
The improved quadrature phase shift keying modulator has a structure such that the average light output power of phase-shift keying modulation light output from the combining unit is changed...
7599627 Method and system for a polarization mode dispersion tolerant optical homodyne detection system with optimized transmission modulation  
An optical homodyne communication system and method in which a side carrier is transmitted along with data bands in an optical data signal, and upon reception, the side carrier is boosted, shifted...
7593638 Secure upstream transmission in passive optical networks  
A method and system for ensuring confidentiality of signal transmission in a point-to-multi point data transmission network like Ether net passive optical network, including at least one hub, at...
7593607 Fast optical switch  
A fast optical switch is needed to realize an economical and scaleable optical-core network. In the disclosed optical switch, switching is effected by rapid wavelength conversion. Either channel...
7590316 Optical switch  
An optical switch, comprises: a plurality of N input ports ( 2 ); a plurality of M output ports ( 24 ); and a plurality of displaceable beam steering arrangements ( 1 ) which, during switching,...
7587138 Broadband 2×2 optical splitter  
An optical device containing a four-port optical mixer capable of distributing the optical power presented at either or both of two input ports to specified ratios in two output ports.
7587112 Optical device and light control method  
In order to prevent a spectrum of a wavelength channel from becoming narrower, a device according to the present invention includes a light dividing section capable of dividing a wavelength...
7574081 Optical system with optical waveguides  
The present invention provides an optical system with waveguides, which comprises first, second and third optical input/output means ( 12, 14, 16 ), fourth and fifth multi-mode optical waveguides (...
7574080 Technique for photonic switching  
A technique for photonic switching is disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the technique may be realized as a method for photonic switching. The method may comprise receiving at least...
7561799 Optical path switching device  
An optical path switching device includes compact and unpackaged components; the components are mounted onto a single platform; and the components are coupled by luminous flux. Connection between...
7561768 Optical branching device  
An optical branching device comprises a first lens member comprising a transmitting plane surface, a transmitting convex surface having an approximate center of curvature in the transmitting plane...
7558481 Method for optimizing enhanced DWDM networks  
An enhanced Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) network is optimized through bundling subchannel traffic in DWDM channels at network nodes and “hubbing” the DWDM channels at nodes receiving...
7558456 Optical waveguide device  
An optical waveguide device includes a lower cladding layer, a high refractive index region provided on the lower cladding layer, a pair of cores provided on the lower cladding layer on both sides...
7558449 Electro-optically tunable optical filter  
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for filtering an optical signal. The method includes receiving at least one input optical signal, forming first and second optical signals...
7556439 Bidirectional optical assembly and method for manufacturing the same  
The present invention provides a bi-direction optical assembly with two optical transmitting channels by a small-sized package and relatively low cost. In the bi-directional optical assembly, the...
7555220 Chromatic dispersion compensator (CDC) in a photonic integrated circuit (PIC) chip and method of operation  
An optical equalizer/dispersion compensator (E/CDC) comprises an input/output for receiving a multiplexed channel signal comprising a plurality of channel signals of different wavelengths. An...
7555178 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...
7551816 Arrangement for low cost path protection for optical communications networks  
An arrangement provides low cost path protection in an optical communications network. The arrangement has a portion 3 that provides (broadcasts) an outbound optical signal, and at least first...
7551815 Method of monitoring and controlling the bit error rate (BER) in an optical communication network  
A method is disclosed for monitoring and controlling the bit error rate (BER) in an optical communication network where an optical receiver in the optical transmission network. The method includes...
7551814 Optical detection of user interaction based on external light source  
An apparatus for employing ambient light collected from an external light source to detect a user's fingers that are gripping at least a relatively transparent portion of a case. The ends of a...
7548680 Fiber optic local convergence points for multiple dwelling units  
There are provided fiber optic local convergence points (“LCPs”) adapted for use with multiple dwelling units (“MDUs”) that facilitate relatively easy installation and/or optical...
7546011 Monolithically integrated optical devices with amorphous silicon arrayed waveguide gratings and InGaAsP gain  
An optical waveguide assembly and method of forming the same is described. The optical waveguide assembly includes a waveguide, an amorphous silicon arrayed waveguide grating communicative with the...
7546004 Photonic interconnect system  
A photonic interconnect system avoids high capacitance electric interconnects by using optical signals to communicate data between devices. The system can provide massively parallel information...
7546001 Monolithic photonic integrated circuit (PIC) with forward error correction (FEC)  
Monolithic photonic integrated circuits (PICs) utilize forward error correction (FEC) joint encoder or plural encoders or a joint decoder or plural decoders.
7546000 Scalable and defect-tolerant color-center-based quantum computer architectures and methods for fabricating color-center-based quantum computer architectures  
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to color-center-based quantum computer architectures that are both scalable and defect tolerant and to methods for fabricating...
7542653 Passive fiber organizer for mesh network node interconnections  
A mesh optical network node has switch cards which carry active components, such as wavelength routers to switch the paths of optical signals through the node and a fiber organizer handles the...
7542641 Multi-channel optical device  
The multi-channel optical device includes a demultiplexer in a laser cavity. The demultiplexer is configured to demultiplex a multi-channel light beam into a plurality of channels. The device also...
7542634 Low loss, noise filtering multiplexer/demultiplexer for reconfigurable OADMs  
Agile OADM structures having a range of tradeoffs between costs and flexibility are disclosed. In certain implementations, cyclic AWGs (arrayed waveguide gratings) are employed. Excellent optical...
7539364 Method and apparatus facilitating mechanical beam steering for optical integrated circuits  
Actuators facilitating mechanical beam steering for optical integrated circuits are disclosed. The mechanical beam steering can mitigate thermal sensitivity of optical circuits, for example,...
7534986 Optical wireless transmission system  
A light emission section, including a light emitting element such as a semiconductor laser, emits a light beam in accordance with communication data. A light reception section, including a light...
7532792 Optical coupler, a method of its fabrication and use  
An optical coupler for coupling light from at least two input fibers into one output fiber and a method of fabricating and use of an optical coupler. The coupler comprises a) an input section...
7532786 Light activated optical switch that includes a piezoelectric element with layers of piezoelectric material having different piezoelectric characteristics  
A light activated optical switch has a piezoelectric element that has at least two layers of piezoelectric material with each layer having different piezoelectric characteristics. The piezoelectric...
7532784 Integrated vertical wavelength (de)multiplexer  
The invention describes an integrated-photonics arrangement, implementable in a multi-layer III-V semiconductor structure, which has a semiconductor substrate; an epitaxial semiconductor structure...
7529437 Scalable and defect-tolerant quantum-dot-based quantum computer architectures and methods for fabricating quantum dots in quantum computer architectures  
Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to quantum-dot-based quantum computer architectures that are scalable and defect tolerant and to methods for fabricating quantum dots in...
7522790 Optical communications system with selective block/add capability of an optical channel  
An optical communications system has a selective block/add capability of an optical channel. An optical beam separator receives and separates an input mixed optical beam into a separated optical...
7519247 Wavelength selective optical switch  
A wavelength selective optical switch particularly usable as a programmable N×M optical switch in a multi-wavelength communication system. The switch uses a grating that separates multi-channel...
7515833 Optical double sideband modulation technique with increased spectral efficiency  
An all optical network for optical signal traffic has at least a first ring with at least one transmitter and one receiver. The first ring includes a plurality of network nodes. At least a first...
7515784 Field reconfigurable line cards for an optical transport system  
A field reconfigurable muxponder for use in an optical transport system. The muxponder includes one or more tributary cards, where each tributary card is adapted to receive an optical data signal...
7512296 Long cavity single-mode laser diode  
Provided is a long cavity single-mode laser diode in which a ring waveguide is integrated such as a conventional array waveguide (AWG)-based laser or a concave grating (CG)-based laser.
7512292 Multi-core strain compensated optical fiber temperature sensor  
Methods and apparatus for discrete point temperature sensing include a temperature sensor that can be part of an array of temperature sensors for location in a wellbore. A single unitary...
7509052 Optical receiver, optical transmitter and optical transceiver  
An optical receiver includes a first light receiving element to convert an optical signal to an electric signal and to output the electric signal from one end. A light receiving element row is...
7505647 Method and apparatus for demultiplexing optical signals in a passive optical network  
Methods and structures are disclosed demultiplexing optical signals transmitted over an optical fiber into a silicon substrate and to multiple detectors. The silicon substrate has two spaced-apart...
7499608 Apparatus and method for optical switching with liquid crystals and birefringent wedges  
An optical switch includes an optical waveguide to route an input optical beam. At least one polarization switch receives the input optical beam from the optical waveguide. At least one...