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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shijie Gu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 9/02 ;
Abstract
A GTIFR interferometer, for use in an interleaver or in a deinterleaver, wherein the GTIFR interferometer includes a Gires-Toutnois interferometer with a 45 degree Faraday rotator between the mirrors of the Gires-Tournois interferometer and further includes a 22.5 degree Faraday rotator in the light path to the Gires-Tournois interferometer and an interleaver or deinterleaver that contains one GTIFR. A dispersion compensated GTIFR interleaver includes a second Gires-Tournois interferometer for providing chromatic dispersion compensation.