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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren Timothy Boord, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Anil K Jain, North Oaks, MN (US);
Assignee:
Apa Optics, Inc., Blaine, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 37 ; 385-9 ; 385 14 ; 385 24 ; 385 40 ; 385 41 ; 385 31 ; 359 15 ; 359 34 ; 359114 ; 359115 ; 359130 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automatically providing for both multiplexing and independent external modulation of two or more wavelengths emitted by one or more multi-longitudinal mode laser(s) or other light source. The present invention uses an integrated optics device chip to enable coupling of the dispersed wavelengths into separate electro-optic modulators which encode each of the carrier wavelengths with a different signal. Accordingly, the volume of data which can be transmitted over an optical fiber network is increased. The carrier wavelengths can be transmitted over single or multi-mode optical fibers.