WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCH FOR SPACE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED SYSTEMS
    1.
    发明申请
    WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE SWITCH FOR SPACE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXED SYSTEMS 审中-公开
    用于空间多路复用系统的波长选择开关

    公开(公告)号:US20150085884A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-26

    申请号:US14491670

    申请日:2014-09-19

    摘要: An optical apparatus includes a front optics section and a spectrometer section. The front optics section includes a spot de-multiplexer configured to receive a plurality of multi-mode optical signals each having a plurality of modal components, and to output in a linear array of a corresponding plurality of optical beams for each multimode optical signal. The spectrometer section includes a wavelength steering element configured to separate each of the optical beams into a plurality of wavelength channels. A fiber steering element is configured to steer the wavelength channels between the optical beams.

    摘要翻译: 光学装置包括前光学部分和光谱仪部分。 前部光学部分包括点解除多路复用器,其被配置为接收每个具有多个模态分量的多个多模光信号,并且对于每个多模光信号以对应的多个光束的线性阵列输出。 光谱仪部分包括被配置为将每个光束分成多个波长通道的波长操作元件。 纤维转向元件被配置成引导光束之间的波长通道。

    Compact two-stage optical amplifier
    2.
    发明授权
    Compact two-stage optical amplifier 有权
    紧凑型两级光放大器

    公开(公告)号:US09362708B2

    公开(公告)日:2016-06-07

    申请号:US14032634

    申请日:2013-09-20

    摘要: Various exemplary embodiments relate to an optical amplifier, including: a multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber with a first plurality of cores associated with a first stage of the optical amplifier and a second plurality of cores associated with a second stage of the optical amplifier; a three dimensional (3D) waveguide configured to couple input space division multiplexed (SDM) channels into the first plurality of cores at a first end of the multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber and to couple channels from the second plurality of cores to output SDM channels; a reflector configured to optically interconnect the first plurality of cores to the second plurality of cores; and pump laser coupled to the multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber configured to produce laser pump light to pump the multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber.

    摘要翻译: 各种示例性实施例涉及光放大器,包括:具有与光放大器的第一级相关联的第一多个核的多核稀土掺杂光纤和与光放大器的第二级相关联的第二多个核; 三维(3D)波导,其被配置为在多核稀土掺杂光纤的第一端处将输入空分复用(SDM)信道耦合到第一多个核中,并将来自第二多个核的信道耦合到输出SDM 渠道; 反射器,被配置为将所述第一多个芯光学地互连到所述第二多个芯; 以及耦合到多核稀土掺杂光纤的泵激光器,其被配置为产生激光泵浦光以泵浦多核稀土掺杂光纤。

    COMPACT TWO-STAGE OPTICAL AMPLIFIER
    3.
    发明申请
    COMPACT TWO-STAGE OPTICAL AMPLIFIER 有权
    紧凑的两级光学放大器

    公开(公告)号:US20150086199A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-03-26

    申请号:US14032634

    申请日:2013-09-20

    摘要: Various exemplary embodiments relate to an optical amplifier, including: a multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber with a first plurality of cores associated with a first stage of the optical amplifier and a second plurality of cores associated with a second stage of the optical amplifier; a three dimensional (3D) waveguide configured to couple input space division multiplexed (SDM) channels into the first plurality of cores at a first end of the multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber and to couple channels from the second plurality of cores to output SDM channels; a reflector configured to optically interconnect the first plurality of cores to the second plurality of cores; and pump laser coupled to the multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber configured to produce laser pump light to pump the multicore rare-earth doped optical fiber.

    摘要翻译: 各种示例性实施例涉及光放大器,包括:具有与光放大器的第一级相关联的第一多个核的多核稀土掺杂光纤和与光放大器的第二级相关联的第二多个核; 三维(3D)波导,其被配置为在多核稀土掺杂光纤的第一端处将输入空分复用(SDM)信道耦合到第一多个核中,并将来自第二多个核的信道耦合到输出SDM 渠道; 反射器,被配置为将所述第一多个芯光学地互连到所述第二多个芯; 以及耦合到多核稀土掺杂光纤的泵激光器,其被配置为产生激光泵浦光以泵浦多核稀土掺杂光纤。

    COMMUNICATION THROUGH WINDOW USING FREE-SPACE OPTICAL DATA COMMUNICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190081706A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-14

    申请号:US15873151

    申请日:2018-01-17

    摘要: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus comprising two components mounted on opposite sides of a window but proximate to each other where the two components are communicatively coupled through an optical link and where each component can be communicatively coupled with a wireless data source. In another embodiment, the components can include one or more of light indicators, audio indicators, and magnetic assistance to guide an optical alignment between the two components. In another embodiment, the components can include one or more of an array of lasers, larger photo diodes, adjustable lenses, and can utilize gain parameters to increase the tolerance level for a misaligned optical link. In another embodiment, methods are disclosed to perform communication coupling via an optical transmission link. In another embodiment, methods are disclosed to assist a user in optically aligning the two components.

    Wavelength-selective switch for space-division multiplexed systems

    公开(公告)号:US10097270B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US15674393

    申请日:2017-08-10

    摘要: An optical apparatus includes a front optics section and a spectrometer section. The front optics section includes a spot de-multiplexer configured to receive a plurality of multi-mode optical signals each having a plurality of modal components, and to output in a linear array of a corresponding plurality of optical beams for each multimode optical signal. The spectrometer section includes a wavelength steering element configured to separate each of the optical beams into a plurality of wavelength channels. A fiber steering element is configured to steer the wavelength channels between the optical beams.

    Single-end optical fiber transfer matrix measurement using spatial pilot

    公开(公告)号:US10345192B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-09

    申请号:US15791843

    申请日:2017-10-24

    摘要: Various embodiments relate to a method including: coupling one or more optical spatial pilot signals into a first end of optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is a multimode optical fiber; Reflecting and modifying each mode of the optical pilot signals at a second end of the optical fiber; receiving a reflected portion of the one or more optical spatial pilot signals at the first end of the of the optical fiber in response to the reflected portion having propagated through the optical fiber in both directions; processing the reflected spatial pilot to determine components of one of a round-trip transfer matrix of the optical fiber and a single-direction transfer matrix of the optical fiber.