Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical slab
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Application No.: US16175766Application Date: 2018-10-30
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Publication No.: US10578804B2Publication Date: 2020-03-03
- Inventor: Georgios Panotopoulos , Michael Renne Ty Tan , Wayne Victor Sorin , David A. Fattal
- Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Patent Department
- Main IPC: G02B6/293
- IPC: G02B6/293 ; G02B6/12 ; G02B6/43 ; H04B10/60 ; H04J14/02 ; G02B6/42

Abstract:
An apparatus (2) can comprise an optical slab (4) comprising a rigid substrate of substantially transmissive material. The apparatus (2) can also comprise a WDM multiplexer (6) to receive and combine a plurality of optical signals (14, 16 and 20) at different wavelengths to form a combined optical signal (24) in the optical slab (4) having an aggregate power. The apparatus can further comprise a broadcaster (28) to distribute the combined optical signal (24) from the optical slab (4) to each of a plurality of different optical receivers (30, 32 and 34) with a fraction of the aggregate power of the combined optical signal (24).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190064442A1 OPTICAL SLAB Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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