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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Wenhua Lin, Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
The optical component includes an array waveguide grating having a plurality of array waveguides. The optical component also includes a light distribution component configured to receive a light signal through an inlet port and distribute the light signal to a plurality of the array waveguides. The optical component further includes an output light distribution component configured to receive the light signal distributed to the array waveguides. The light distribution component is configured such that a light signal received through the inlet port with a non-periodic intensity distribution is received in the output light distribution component with a periodic intensity distribution. The period intensity distribution can have a shape that approximates a sinc function.