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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2006
Applicants:
Fred F. Froehlich, Baltimore, MD (US);
David B. Nichols, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventors:
Fred F. Froehlich, Baltimore, MD (US);
David B. Nichols, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/30 (2006.01); G02B 27/10 (2006.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical tapped delay line device in accordance with the present invention is a method for and device for spatially resolving the spectral components of an optical signal, i.e., channelizing or spectrum analyzing the wavelength content of an optical signal. The device is based on a tapped optical delay line and enables numerous related optical signal processing functions.