Terabeam Corporation

John Walker Robinson, Iii

David Lawrence Rollins

Gerald Edward Tourgee

Timothy Alan Sochor

Pierre Robert Barbier

An apparatus and method implements a first plurality of single-mode optical fibers into which to inject wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical signals. A tapered fiber bundle (TFB) is coupled to the first plurality of single-mode optical fibers, with the TFB including a second plurality of fused single-mode optical fibers correspondingly coupled to the first plurality of single-mode optical fibers at a first end of the TFB. The second plurality of fused single-mode optical fibers are capable to receive the WDM optical signals from the first plurality of single-mode optical fibers at the first end and to provide the WDM optical signals to a free space optical communication path at a second end.

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John Walker Robinson, Iii