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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2011
Applicants:
William P. Krug, Kirkland, WA (US);
Harold Hager, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael C. Hamilton, Sammamish, WA (US);
Axel Scherer, Barnard, VT (US);
Inventors:
William P. Krug, Kirkland, WA (US);
Harold Hager, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael C. Hamilton, Sammamish, WA (US);
Axel Scherer, Barnard, VT (US);
Assignee:
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/35 (2006.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01); B82Y 20/00 (2011.01); G02B 6/122 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); B82Y 20/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/1225 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01); H04J 14/0247 (2013.01); H04J 14/0252 (2013.01); G02B 6/356 (2013.01); G02B 6/3528 (2013.01); H04J 14/0226 (2013.01); H04J 14/0282 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0035 (2013.01); Y10S 370/907 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a mixed analog and digital chip-scale reconfigurable WDM network. The network suitably includes a router that enables rapidly configurable wavelength selective routers of fiber optic data. The router suitably incorporates photonic wavelength selective optical add/drop filters and multiplexers.