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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2002
Applicants:
Ludovic Noirie, Nozay, FR;
Jean-paul Faure, Paris, FR;
Arnaud Bisson, Orsay, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A reconfigurable directional optical system comprises N ports that can be configured individually as inputs or outputs. A system of this kind comprises at least one optical device having unidirectional inputs and outputs the total number of which is equal to or less than N, and an N×N optical switch such that each of the ports can be coupled interchangeably either to one of the inputs or to one of the outputs of the optical device.