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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2005
Christophe J. Dorrer, Matawan, NJ (US);
Dan Mark Marom, Howell, NJ (US);
Christophe J. Dorrer, Matawan, NJ (US);
Dan Mark Marom, Howell, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An optical pulse shaper without polarization dependencies includes, a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) having an arrayed waveguide and free space optics, combined with a lens and micromirror array characterized by piston-motion. The micromirror array is coupled to a controller that provides signals to the array for adjusting the positions of the micromirrors, which are used as a spatial light modulator to provide at least phase modulation to one or more of the separated frequency components of an input optical signal. The frequency separated components, including modified components, are recombined and directed back to the PLC to form a synthesized optical pulse. Information regarding the characteristics of the synthesized optical pulse is extracted from a spectrogram of that pulse. Extracted information is provided to the controller and responsive thereto the controller may generate signals for adjusting the position of one or more micromirrors.