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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 18, 2014
Applicant:

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Chiyoda-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Mitsunobu Gotoda, Tokyo, JP;

Masakazu Takabayashi, Tokyo, JP;

Eitaro Ishimura, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/035 (2006.01); H01S 5/40 (2006.01); H01S 5/022 (2006.01); H01S 5/026 (2006.01); H01S 5/10 (2006.01); H01S 5/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/4031 (2013.01); H01S 5/0265 (2013.01); H01S 5/4012 (2013.01); H01S 5/026 (2013.01); H01S 5/02284 (2013.01); H01S 5/101 (2013.01); H01S 5/1014 (2013.01); H01S 5/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A wavelength variable light source according to the present invention includes: an MMI that includes an input side and an output side, the input side connecting to one end of each of a plurality of MMI input waveguides, and the output side connecting to a plurality of MMI output waveguides, the MMI multiplexing light input from each of the MMI input waveguides and outputting the multiplexed light to each of the MMI output waveguides; a plurality of DFB-LDs connected to the other end of each of the MMI input waveguides, each of the MMI output waveguides performing a single mode oscillation at a different wavelength; and two SOAs respectively connected to two MMI output waveguides of the MMI output waveguides, and having different gains from each other.


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