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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2019
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Mark E. Boduch, Geneva, IL (US);
Other;
Abstract
Example embodiments of the present invention relate to a software programmable reconfigurable optical add drop multiplexer (ROADM) comprising of at least one M×N wavelength selective switch and a plurality of programmable waveguide optical elements, wherein when the plurality of programmable waveguide optical elements are set to a first configuration, the software programmable ROADM provides wavelength switching for at least two degrees of an n-degree optical node, and wherein when the programmable waveguide optical elements are set to a second configuration, the software programmable ROADM provides wavelength switching for at least two degrees of an m-degree optical node, wherein m>n.