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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2009
Applicants:
Kun-yii Tu, Califon, NJ (US);
Ting-chen HU, Edison, NJ (US);
Young-kai Chen, Berkley Heights, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Kun-Yii Tu, Califon, NJ (US);
Ting-Chen Hu, Edison, NJ (US);
Young-Kai Chen, Berkley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical path is configured to propagate an input optical signal. A plurality of electrodes are configured to produce a plurality of discrete phase shifts on the optical signal. An output optical signal is phase-shifted with respect to the input optical signal by a sum of the plurality of discrete phase shifts.