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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
Applicant:
Mahmoud Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Inventor:
Mahmoud Rasras, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04J 14/06 (2006.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01); G02B 6/27 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/002 (2013.01); H04B 10/615 (2013.01); H04J 14/06 (2013.01); G02B 6/272 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes an AWG demultiplexer having first and second adjacent input ports. The first input port is configured to receive a first WDM data-bearing signal, the second input port is configured to receive a first WDM LO signal. The first and second input ports are located such that individual channels of said WDM data-bearing signal route to a first set of output ports, and individual channels of said WDM LO signal route to a second set of output ports interleaved with the first set.