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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2007
Young-kai Chen, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Andreas Leven, Gillette, NJ (US);
Mahmoud Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Kun-yii Tu, Califon, NJ (US);
Young-Kai Chen, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Andreas Leven, Gillette, NJ (US);
Mahmoud Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Kun-Yii Tu, Califon, NJ (US);
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus having a topology that allows building complicated optical programmable arrays useful for manipulating the phase and/or amplitude of an optical signal. Sophisticated filtering and other optical signal processing functionality can be programmed into the array after a chip containing the array has been fabricated. This programming capability is analogous to that of electronic field programmable gate arrays (FPGA's). Apparatus described herein will provide a powerful tool for processing optical signals or very broadband electrical signals.