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7085496 Passive add/drop amplifier for optical networks and method  
An add/drop node for an optical network comprises a passive splitter to split an ingress signal from the network into a first ingress signal and a second ingress signal. A first amplified splitter...
7085450 Fabrication of structures in an optical substrate  
A system and method for fabricating structures in an optical substrate. An optical element produces first and second write beams that intersect at a first intersection location at the optical...
7085451 Optical fiber gratings with azimuthal refractive index perturbation  
The present invention relates to a type of optical fiber grating having an azimuthal refractive-index perturbation. The optical fiber includes a fiber grating that has a plurality of grating...
7081215 Electrically switchable polymer-dispersed liquid crystal materials including switchable optical couplers and reconfigurable optical interconnects  
A new photopolymerizable material allows single-step, fast recording of volume holograms with properties that can be electrically controlled. Polymer-dispersed liquid crystals (PDLCs) in accordance...
7082234 Wavelength division multiplexing device capable of compensating for dispersion and dispersion slope using purely phase-sampled fiber bragg grating  
Disclosed herein is a wavelength division multiplexing device. The wavelength division multiplexing device includes a first optical circulator and a Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG). The first optical...
7079311 Optical amplifier and optical communication system including the same  
The present invention relates to an optical amplifier (TDFA) having a configuration which enables to reduce temperature dependence of the gain with reduced power consumption and simple control. The...
7079730 Integrated hybrid optoelectronic devices  
A hybrid optoelectronic device and method of producing the hybrid device in which the hybrid device includes a substrate with an input region configured to accept input light, a sol-gel glass...
7079729 Apparatus for generating an optical interference pattern  
Apparatus for producing an interference pattern from an input optical beam, including a first optical element for separating the input optical beam into a plurality of divergent optical sub-beams...
7079728 Wavelength multiplexing processing apparatus  
A wavelength multiplexing processing apparatus for use with a wavelength division multiplexing system is disclosed which uses a single AWG to achieve reduction in cost, size and loss. The...
7079770 System and apparatus for dropping and adding optical data streams in an optical communication network  
A system and apparatus for dropping and adding optical data streams in an optical communication network uses a photonic switching fabric for dropping but not adding optical data streams, and uses a...
7076174 Method, device, and system for processing optical signal  
The present invention relates to a method for processing an optical signal is provided. An optical signal is input into an optical waveguide structure for providing a nonlinear effect. As a result,...
7076133 Optical coupling  
The invention relates to the coupling of light to and from an optical waveguide, such as an optical fiber. Light of a specific wavelength is deflected out from the fiber, or into the fiber, in a...
7072550 Method of determining quasi-phase matching efficiency in periodically poled structure of optical waveguide, periodically poled structure of optical waveguide, and optical waveguide using the same  
The present invention relates to a method of determining a quasi-phase matching efficiency in a periodically poled structure of an optical waveguide, a periodically poled structure of an optical...
7072545 Dispersion compensator, method for manufacturing the same, and method for compensating wavelength dispersion  
A dispersion compensator includes at least one first optical waveguide, a first slab waveguide, an arrayed waveguide connected to the at least one first optical waveguide via the first slab...
7072546 Compensation for chromatic dispersion  
A plurality of channels of a wavelength division multiplexing system may be subjected to dispersion compensation in a fashion which enables tuning of the compensation for each individual wavelength...
7068934 Optical interconnect  
An optical interconnect comprises an input configured to receive light of a plurality of light wavelengths and a plurality of holographic optical elements. Each element configured to reflect one...
7068885 Double diffraction grating planar lightwave circuit  
The invention relates to a planar lightwave circuit including a pair of opposed concave reflective diffraction gratings sharing the same focal line, which separates first and second slab waveguide...
7068886 Millimeter wave oscillator using fiber Bragg grating  
Provided is a millimeter wave oscillator for generating a high frequency signal required in wireless communication. The millimeter wave oscillator uses an overwritten fiber Bragg grating and a...
7068866 Slow wave optical waveguide for velocity matched semiconductor modulators  
A PIN electro-optical traveling wave modulator ( 10 ) including diffraction gratings ( 34, 36 ) positioned at opposing sides of an optical waveguide ( 20 ) that act to change the propagation...
7068943 Devices and methods for dynamic dispersion compensation  
The present invention provides devices and methods for dynamic dispersion compensation. According to one embodiment of the invention, a dispersion compensating device includes a negative dispersion...
7068879 Gain flattening device for an optical fiber amplifier  
A gain flattening device for an optical fiber amplifier. In the gain flattening device, a first end portion, having first and second ends, receives an amplified optical signal from a first...
7068869 Passive athermal fiber bragg grating strain gage  
Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are particular suitable for measuring strain. However, a single parameter measurement is difficult to implement, since cross-sensitivity to temperature compels the use...
7068884 Apodized fiber bragg grating and improved phase mask, method and system for making the same  
An apodized fiber Bragg grating, and a phase mask, method and system for making such a grating are disclosed. The refractive index profile of the grating has a periodic apodization phase component...
7068897 Method for restoring or increasing photosensitivity in hydrogen or deuterium loaded large diameter optical waveguide  
The present invention provides a new and unique method for increasing the photosensitivity of a large diameter optical waveguide having a cross-section of at least about 0.3 millimeters. The method...
7065266 Benzocyclobutene polymer (BCB) as a passivation layer for optical passive elements  
An InP-based photonic integrated circuit (PIC) includes an optical passive element in the circuit with no bias current applied to such an element. A passivation cladding layer overlies a surface of...
7065298 Code-based optical networks, methods, and apparatus  
Optical communication systems include a central station that encodes data transmitted to multiplexing (mux) stations or user stations. The central station also decodes data received from the mux...
7065272 Fiber-to-waveguide coupler  
An optical waveguide to fiber coupler comprises a substrate, a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first and second waveguides are formed on the substrate and intersect at a right angle. A...
7065273 Wideband arrayed waveguide grating  
A flat-top arrayed waveguide grating with wideband transmission spectrum may be produced by integrating a series of directional couplers to the output slab waveguide coupler of a dual...
7061610 Photonic integrated circuit based planar wavelength meter  
A method and device for measuring the wavelength of a source, for example monitoring a laser used in DWDM fiber optic communications systems, wherein the method and device comprise using a coarse...
7062131 Optical coupling for whispering-gallery-mode resonators via waveguide gratings  
This application describes whispering gallery modes resonators that are optically coupled to one or two waveguide grating couplers formed on a substrate.
7062127 Athermal AWG and AWG with low power consumption using groove of changeable width  
Optical integrated circuits are disclosed having a gap traversing the lens or the waveguide grating and an actuator that controllably positions the optical integrated circuit on each side of the...
7062126 Tunable optical filter having large diameter optical waveguide with bragg grating and being configured for reducing the bulk modulus of compressibility thereof  
A tunable optical filter has a large diameter cane waveguide with “side-holes” in the cane cross-section that reduce the force required to compress the large diameter optical waveguide without...
7062123 System for higher-order dispersion compensation  
A higher-order dispersion compensator for tuning a polarization controlled signal having a first order polarization mode dispersion component, a second order polarization mode dispersion component,...
7058262 Arrayed waveguide grating  
An arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) device is described in which there are a plurality of output waveguides ( 10 ) coupled at one end to the output side of an second optical interaction region ( 4 )...
7056037 Optical bidirectional module  
An optical bidirectional module 10 having therein light emitting element 11 which transmits optical signal to the end facet of the optical fiber, light receiving element 12 which receives...
7058263 Optical transport network  
An optical transport network comprises a monolithic transmitter photonic integrated circuit (TxPIC) InP-based chip and a monolithic receiver photonic integrated circuit (RxPIC) InP-based chip.
7058251 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...
7058249 Waveplate and optical circuit formed using mesogen-containing polymer  
Waveplate, planar lightwave circuit incorporating the waveplate, and method of making an optical device. The waveplate is formed of a mesogen-containing polymer film having a backbone and...
7054526 Optical multiplexer/demultiplexer  
An optical multiplexer/demultiplexer uses a diffraction grating, capable of multiplexing/demultiplexing lights of narrow wavelength spacing at a short focal distance. To this end, a plurality of...
7054525 Device for tuning a Bragg grating by means of compression using a piezoelectric actuator  
A device for tuning a Bragg grating, by compression by a piezoelectric actuator. The device is particularly applicable to optical telecommunications and for example includes a mechanism to compress...
7050676 Optical signal encoding apparatus and decoding apparatus  
There is provided an apparatus for performing, by optical code division multiplex access, at least one of encoding and decoding of wavelength-division-multiplexed light. The apparatus includes: an...
7050677 Optical fiber and method for producing the same  
An optical fiber includes an entrance face that is optically coupleable with a device for transmitting a light beam through the optical fiber. The entrance face includes a core region and a...
7050662 Fiber Bragg grating compression sensor system  
A fiber Bragg grating compression sensor and a flexure mount that is attached to the sensor to significantly enhance its compression sensitivity. By incorporating the flexure mount, compressive...
7050663 Integrated optical circuit having an integrated arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) and optical amplifier(s)  
An integrated optical circuit includes waveguides formed in the integrated optical circuit. One set of waveguides is a set of optical amplifiers doped with rare earth ions. A second set of...
7050719 Wavelength division multiplexing receiver for wavelength tracking  
The WDM receiver includes a wavelength demultiplexer, a detector array and a signal extractor. The wavelength demultiplexer receives an n-channel optical input signal and transmits the n-channel...
7050674 Method for fabricating polymeric optic waveguide grating  
Disclosed is a fabrication method of a polymeric optic waveguide grating, the method including: forming a core layer of a polymeric material on a substrate; irradiating an ultraviolet ray to the...
7050675 Integrated optical multiplexer and demultiplexer for wavelength division transmission of information  
A multiplexer/demultiplexer is provided for optical interconnection between electronic components on an integrated circuit chip. The multiplexer/demultiplexer includes a substrate formed with an...
7050673 Temperature control device and arrayed waveguide grating optical wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer  
In a temperature control device which maintains an object to be controlled at a preset constant temperature and an arrayed waveguide grating optical wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer, the...
7046886 Hydrogen concentration relocation in optical fiber  
A system and method in accordance with the present invention applies short bursts of a high temperature fluid to a hydrogen-loaded fiber to relocate the hydrogen within the fiber in the proximity...
7043120 Array waveguide grating  
An array waveguide grating structure includes an input MMI that receives an input optical signal and splits the optical signal into a plurality of signals, each having a defined wavelength. A...