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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2002
Applicants:
Pietro Arturo Bernasconi, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Dries Van Thourhout, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Pietro Arturo Bernasconi, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Dries Van Thourhout, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B006/35 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A fast tunable optical filter with unique selection means, capable of being monolithically integrated on silica or semiconductive wafers, includes a frequency routing device (FRD) for receiving up to P input optical signals and responsively providing up to Q outputs, where P and Q are integers greater than or equal to one, at least one input selecting device for selectively coupling up to P optical signals to the FRD, and at least one output selecting device for selectively inhibiting up to Q outputs of said FRD.