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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 26, 2000
Gene R. Anderson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Marcelino G. Armendariz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Richard F. Carson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert P. Bryan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Edwin B. Duckett, Iii, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Shanalyn Adair Kemme, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Frederick B. Mccormick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David W. Peterson, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Gene R. Anderson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Marcelino G. Armendariz, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Richard F. Carson, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert P. Bryan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Edwin B. Duckett, III, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Shanalyn Adair Kemme, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Frederick B. McCormick, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David W. Peterson, Sandia Park, NM (US);
Emcore Corporation, Somerset, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method of attenuating and/or conditioning optical energy for an optical transmitter, receiver or transceiver module is disclosed. An apparatus for attenuating the optical output of an optoelectronic connector including: a mounting surface; an array of optoelectronic devices having at least a first end; an array of optical elements having at least a first end; the first end of the array of optical elements optically aligned with the first end of the array of optoelectronic devices; an optical path extending from the first end of the array of optoelectronic devices and ending at a second end of the array of optical elements; and an attenuator in the optical path for attenuating the optical energy emitted from the array of optoelectronic devices. Alternatively, a conditioner may be adapted in the optical path for conditioning the optical energy emitted from the array of optoelectronic devices.