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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2011
Applicants:
David Zhi Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
E. Evert Basch, Stow, MA (US);
Inventors:
David Zhi Chen, Richardson, TX (US);
E. Evert Basch, Stow, MA (US);
Assignee:
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical receiver includes a first interferometer having a plurality of arms. The optical receiver further includes first tunable optical filters connected in series with the arms of the first interferometer, where each first tunable optical filter is tuned to filter a region of overlap in the optical frequency spectrum between adjacent optical channels.