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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2005
Applicant:
Dan M. Marom, Howell, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Dan M. Marom, Howell, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/03 (2006.01); G02F 1/29 (2006.01); G02B 26/00 (2006.01); G02B 5/18 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention includes an apparatus for modulating an optical signal. The apparatus includes a spatial dispersion mechanism and a modulating mechanism. The spatial dispersion mechanism spatially disperses the optical signal. The spatially dispersed optical signal has a plurality of frequency components where each frequency component has an associated beam size. The modulating mechanism includes an array of modulating components where each modulating component has a pitch. The pitch of each modulating component is substantially equal to or less than the beam size of each frequency component.