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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Infinera Corp., Annapolis Junction, MD (US);
Inventors:
Sumudu Geethika Edirisinghe, Newmarket, GB;
Pierre Mertz, Baltimore, MD (US);
Steven William Beacall, Bridgwater, GB;
Assignee:
Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/296 (2013.01); H04Q 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01); H04B 10/296 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2013.01); H04J 14/0213 (2013.01); H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein is an apparatus including a continuous wave idler and an optical coupler that provide an optical signal having a power greater than optical channels carrying data, and positioned at a cross-over point between two spectral bands, with each band encompassing multiple optical channels.