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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2003
Applicant:
Charles B. Roxlo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventor:
Charles B. Roxlo, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Silicon Light Machines Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F001/01 ; G02B006/34 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device comprising a light modulator including a plurality of elements wherein each element is selectively operable such that the plurality of elements are dynamically configurable to combine selected ones of a plurality of grating periods such that selected portions of an incident light are directed into one or more distinct modes wherein each distinct mode corresponds to a grating period. The device can be used as a 1×N wavelength selective switch and equalizer where N is the number of output channels.