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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Junichi Kinoshita, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 24 ; 385 37 ; 385 27 ; 372-6 ;
Abstract
A transmitter and a receiver for wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission need no multiplexer and can be made compact and manufactured easily while promising a high reliability of a system using them. By using second-order Bragg diffraction gratings to form the output mechanism, a plurality of DFB laser-type elements can be integrated so that their optical outputs adversely affect each other. Therefore, a plurality of lasers can be arranged coaxially to form a light source for wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission without using a multiplexer. By using the same mechanism on the part of a receiver, a demultiplexer can be omitted.