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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2005
Ashok Balakrishnan, Ottawa, CA;
Serge Bidnyk, Ottawa, CA;
Matt Pearson, Ashton, CA;
Enablence Inc., Kanata, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
The invention relates to a planar lightwave circuit including a two stage optical filter for use in a bi-directional transceiver. A first stage includes a non-dispersive optical filter, which enables light within in a certain wavelength range, e.g. a signal channel from a laser source, to be launched onto an input/output waveguide, while light within another wavelength range, e.g. one or more detector channels, will be directed from the input/output waveguide to a second stage. The second stage includes a reflective diffraction grating with a higher resolution than the first stage providing passbands 2 to 5 times thinner than the first stage.