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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Norbert Schlepple, Macungie, PA (US);
Jock T. Bovington, La Mesa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/293 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/2938 (2013.01); G02B 6/29368 (2013.01); G02B 6/4215 (2013.01); H04J 14/0254 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects described herein include an optical apparatus comprising a plurality of light-carrying media, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) device optically coupled with the plurality of light-carrying media, and a lens arranged between the WDM device and a multicore optical fiber. An arrangement of the plurality of light carrying media and the WDM device are selected to align each of the plurality of light-carrying media with a respective optical core of the multicore optical fiber.