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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giampaolo Bendelli, Rivergaro, IT;
Roberto Lano, Almese, IT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359129 ; 359127 ;
Abstract
The optical add/drop multiplexer has a pair of nominally identical interference filters, one of which carries out the function of extracting a carrier from a wavelength division multiplexed stream and the other the insertion function. The filters are arranged in parallel planes and are secured to opposite faces of a transparent plate so that the stream exits the device after having undergone reflection by both filters. The plate is mounted on a support which can be rotated in either direction to vary the tuning wavelength of the filters.