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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2020
Ii-vi Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
John DeAndrea, New Hope, PA (US);
II-VI DELAWARE, INC., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An optical network element for a hardware configured optical network includes a first optical port that receives an input optical signal comprising receive control information from the hardware configured optical network. A demodulator optically coupled to the first optical port decodes the receive control information for configuring the optical network element. A modulator having an electrical modulation input that receives transmit control information imparts a modulation onto an optical carrier thereby generating a transmit optical control signal representing the transmit control information. A second optical port transmits the transmit optical control signal representing the transmit control information to the hardware configured optical network.