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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas L Koch, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Herwig Kogelnik, Rumson, NJ (US);
Uziel Koren, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 50 ; 357 19 ; 385 14 ; 359113 ;
Abstract
Full duplex lightwave communications is achieved in a diplex transceiver realized in a semiconductor photonic integrated circuit having an inline interconnecting waveguide integral with the transmitting and receiving portions of the transceiver. Semiconductor lasers and detectors operating in different wavelength regimes permit diplex or wavelength-division-multiplexed operation. In the transceiver, lightwave signals from the laser propagate through the detector without interfering with the detector operation or the lightwave signals being detected.