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Nicholas John Parsons

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Laurence J St Ville

An optical signal demodulator for demodulating an M-ary phase shift key (PSK) optical signal comprises a plurality of interferometers arranged such that the optical signal is divided between the interferometers. Each interferometer comprises a plurality of interferometer arms, each arm for transmitting a portion of the signal between an input and an output of the interferometer, the interferometer including an optical delay in one arm relative to another arm thereof. The optical delay between arms of an interferometer may be provided by an optical path length difference between the arms. The optical delay between arms of an interferometer may be different for one interferometer to that of another interferometer.

Optical signal demodulators

An optical filter comprises a light waveguide and an electrode structure located adjacent the waveguide. The electrode structure comprises a first ladder arrangement having a plurality of rungs disposed along the length of the waveguide and spaced apart from each other, each rung of the first ladder arrangement comprising a plurality of interdigitated electrode pairs. A second ladder arrangement has a plurality of rungs interleaved with the rungs of the first ladder arrangement and spaced apart from each other by a second pitch spacing that is different from the first pitch spacing.

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