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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2003
Juerg Leuthold, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Dan Mark Marom, Howell, NJ (US);
David Thomas Neilson, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Roland Ryf, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Juerg Leuthold, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Dan Mark Marom, Howell, NJ (US);
David Thomas Neilson, Old Bridge, NJ (US);
Roland Ryf, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical filter apparatus for processing an optical signal comprising a spectrum broadening device for spectrally dividing one or more channels of the optical signal into a discrete set of spectral components for each channel, a collector for collecting the spectral components on a discrete number of corresponding light channels, one or more processors for individually processing one or more of the spectral components on the light channels, and a combiner for recombining the spectral components on the light channels.