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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2022
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JP;
Takuo Hiratani, Osaka, JP;
Naoki Fujiwara, Osaka, JP;
Kunimasa Saitoh, Sapporo, JP;
Takeshi Fujisawa, Sapporo, JP;
Takanori Sato, Sapporo, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
National University Corporation Hokkaido University, Sapporo, JP;
Abstract
An optical filter includes a first loop mirror, a second loop mirror, a first waveguide optically coupled to the first loop mirror and the second loop mirror, a second waveguide optically coupled to the first loop mirror and the second loop mirror, a first access waveguide optically coupled to the first waveguide, a second access waveguide optically coupled to the second waveguide, and an output section, wherein the first loop mirror includes a first loop waveguide and a first multiplexer/demultiplexer, the second loop mirror includes a second loop waveguide and a second multiplexer/demultiplexer, the output section includes a third loop waveguide, a third multiplexer/demultiplexer, a third waveguide, and a fourth waveguide, the third loop waveguide optically coupled to the second loop waveguide and the third multiplexer/demultiplexer, the third waveguide and the fourth waveguide optically coupled to the third multiplexer/demultiplexer, and the output section.