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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2003
Clinton B. Carlisle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jahja I. Trisnadi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edward D. Huber, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Clinton B. Carlisle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jahja I. Trisnadi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Edward D. Huber, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Silicon Light Machines Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an optical device includes a polarization diversity module configured to receive an optical input signal and output a first optical output signal and a second optical output signal having the same polarization state. This helps ensure light beams propagating in the optical device have the same polarization state, thereby mitigating the effects of polarization-dependent loss in the optical device. In one embodiment, the optical device comprises an optical dynamic gain equalizer with a light modulator.