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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2010
Thomas L. Weaver, Webster, MO (US);
Thomas L. Weaver, Webster, MO (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A method for correcting for optical channel bandwidth misalignment between output passbands of a first optical device and input passbands of a second optical device. The method may involve transmitting a plurality of optical signals from the output passbands of the first optical device, with each of the optical signals being transmitted within an associated one of the passbands of the output. The first plurality of optical signals may be received within the input passbands of the second optical device. The optical signals may be analyzed to determine if the passbands of the first optical device or the second optical device has shifted. A characteristic of a filter through which the optical signals pass may be altered to cause a needed degree of shifting of wavelength bands of the optical signals to bring the optical signals into alignment within the passbands of the second optical device.