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Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007

Filed:

Jun. 02, 2005
Applicants:

Ganesh Lakshminarayana, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Jithamithra Sarathy, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);

Boris Stefanov, Gillette, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Ganesh Lakshminarayana, Plainsboro, NJ (US);

Jithamithra Sarathy, Atlantic Highlands, NJ (US);

Boris Stefanov, Gillette, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Alphion Corporation, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/26 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A integrated optical circuit comprises an interferometer having a first optical path and a second optical path configured for regenerating an input signal entering the first path by interference at a first coupler between continuous wave (CW) signals from the two optical paths, and a third optical path configured such that a canceling signal passing therethrough cancels, at a second coupler, a traveling signal from the first arm. When the device is operated in a counter-propagative mode, the traveling signal is the CW signal from the first arm. When the device is operated in a co-propagative mode, the traveling signal is the input signal from the first arm.


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