Molex Corporation

Lensvector Inc.

Oplink Communications, Inc.

Gongjian Hu

Lifu Gong

Tian Zhu

Yi Liao

Guijun Ji

Tigran Galstian

Armen Zohrabyan

Karen Asatryan

Vladimir Presniakov

Amir Tork

Ted J Cooper

Aram Bagramyan

Hongwei Mao

Marco Thiboutot

Jeffrey James Parker

Behzad Khodadad

Chong I Cheang

Kun Liu

Glenn E Lee

Kelvin Chau

Kun Lu

Lee Cheung

YuYun Shih

Guojiang Hu

An optical circuit switch device and method for using the device are provided. The device may include a fiber array including a set of optical fibers configured for transmitting optical signals. The device may include a collimator array coupled to the fiber array configured for aligning the optical signals received from the fiber array. The device may include a first mirror array for receiving the optical signals from the collimator array. The device may include a second mirror array for receiving the optical signals from the first mirror array. The device may include a lens located at the fiber array, the lens having a focal point at the second mirror array.

MEMS optical circuit switch

An optical signal transmission apparatus and a method are provided. The apparatus may include a set of optical transmitters, each optical transmitter configured for transmission of light signals at one or more wavelengths of light. The apparatus may include an output port configured for transmission of the light signals through a span of optical fiber. The apparatus may use an input port configured to receive other transmissions of light signals through the span of optical fiber. The apparatus may include a set of light detectors, each light detector configured to detect a time delay or phase characteristic associated with the one or more wavelengths of light. The apparatus may include a processor configured to determine a metric based on the detected time delay or phase characteristic.

Dispersion monitor apparatus

A free space optical communication system includes an optical receiver configured to receive a light beam from an optical transmitter wirelessly in free space. The optical receiver includes an array of photodetectors and an electrical circuit. The array of photodetectors is configured to receive the light beam and convert optical signals of the light beam into electrical current. The electrical circuit is electrically coupled to the array of photodetectors and is configured to combine electrical current from the photodetectors and output a voltage or current signal.

Free space optical data transmission using photodetector array

Various methods, systems, and apparatuses, for optical switching are provided. For example, one wavelength selective switch (WSS) includes a plurality of optical ports wherein one or more optical ports are configured to receive one or more input optical beams the one or more input optical beams having a plurality of wavelength channels and wherein one or more of the optical ports are configured to receive one or more wavelength channels of the plurality of wavelength channels for output. The WSS also includes a polarization conditioning assembly, a polarization beam splitter assembly, a direction dependent polarization rotator, a polarization beam splitter, a grating, and a polarization modulator array having a plurality of polarizing modulation cells, each cell configured to independently change a polarization orientation of an optical beam passing through the cell.

Wavelength selective switch

A dynamic gain equalizer (DGE) for an optical communication device and related method which are capable of reducing power variations among wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signals. The DGE and method use an optical attenuation device configured such that the ratio of pixel gap distance to the channel beam diameter at the point of incident to the optical attenuation device is less than or equal to 0.06. The DGE can produce output signal sets that have ripple increases of less than 0.1 db over the input signal sets.

Dynamic gain equalizer

A wavelength selective switch includes a plurality of optical ports, a polarization conditioning system, a dispersion system, and a switching system. The switching system includes at least one transmissive stage and a reflective polarization modulator. Each transmissive stage has a transmissional polarization modulator and a symmetrical beam polarization separator. The transmissional polarization modulator includes transmissive first cells each being configured to change a polarization orientation of an optical beam passing through the cell. The symmetrical beam polarization separator is configured to redirect the optical beam passing therethrough based upon its polarization. The reflective polarization modulator includes a birefringence section and a reflective section. The birefringence section includes controllable second cells each being configured to convert linear polarization of an optical beam passing therethrough to circular polarization and to independently and selectively convert circular polarization of the optical beam passing through the second cell to linear polarization.

Apparatus for optical switching with transmissional and reflective polarization modulators

An optical communication device and related method are provided for reducing power variations among wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signals. The device includes a dynamic gain equalizer (DGE) coupled to an optical communication path carrying WDM optical signals. The DGE is controlled in response to signals generated by an optical channel monitor (OCM). The OCM monitors signals coming into the DGE and monitors the signals leaving the DGE to thus monitor the WDM spectrum for optical signal power variations and adjust the DGE to reduce the signal power variations.

Optical communication system utilizing intelligent dynamic gain equalizer device

Methods, systems, and apparatus for optical wavelength selective switching. One 2&#xd7;2 wavelength selective switch array includes a plurality of optical input ports configured to receive one or more optical input beams, and a plurality of optical output ports configured to receive one or more one or more optical output beams wherein the plurality of optical input ports and optical output ports form an array of 2&#xd7;2 optical port pairs; one or more optical conditioning and wavelength dispersion elements; a polarization modulator array having a plurality of polarizing modulation cells, each cell configured to independently change a polarization orientation of an optical beam passing through the cell and associated with a particular wavelength channel; and a polarization-selective beam-routing optical element configured to route each particular input beam to either a first output port or a second output port according to polarization orientation.

2&#xd7;2 wavelength selective switch array

An auto-focus system employing a tunable liquid crystal lens is provided that collects images at different optical power values as the liquid crystal molecules are excited between a ground state and a maximum optical power state tracking image focus scores. An image is acquired at a desired optical power value less than maximum optical power established with the liquid crystal molecules closer a fully excited state than the maximum optical power state having the same image focus score. This drive signal employed during image acquisition uses more power than was used to achieve the same optical power value during the auto-focus scan, while actively driving the liquid crystal molecules is fast. A pause due to image transfer/processing delays after acquisition is employed to allow slow relaxation of the liquid crystal molecules back to the ground state in preparation for a subsequent focus search.

In-flight auto focus method and system for tunable liquid crystal optical element

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