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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.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 24, 2020
Applicant:

Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Steven Joseph Hand, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Tulasi Veguru, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Prasad Paranjape, Fremont, CA (US);

Han Henry Sun, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/29 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/118 (2013.01); H04B 10/29 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example apparatus includes an optical transmitter, an optical splitter, lenses, and mirrors. The optical splitter has an input and several outputs. The input of the optical splitter is optically coupled to the transmitter, such that each of the outputs of the optical splitter is operable to supply a corresponding one of a plurality of modulated optical signals, each of which includes a plurality of optical subcarriers. Each of the lenses is optically coupled to a respective one of the outputs of the optical splitter. Each of the lenses is operable to receive a corresponding one of the modulated optical signals. Each of the mirrors is optically coupled to a corresponding one of the lenses, such that each of the mirrors is operable to direct a respective one of the modulated optical signals for transmission through free space.


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