公开(公告)号：US20120163825A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-28

申请号：US13411487

申请日：2012-03-02

申请人： Ming WU ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Ming WU ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： H04J14/02

CPC分类号： H04J14/021 ,  G02B6/29313 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3546 ,  G02B6/3556 ,  G02B6/356 ,  H04J14/0212

摘要： A reconfigurable optical device including input and output ports, and add or drop ports, has a high degree of flexibility such that any wavelength channel from any optical signal introduced through the add ports may be added to any of the optical signals transmitted through the output ports. In addition, any wavelength channel from any optical signal received through the inputs ports may be dropped through any of the drop ports. Furthermore, the optical device is configurable to allow the same wavelength channel from two different optical signals supplied respectively through any two inputs ports to be simultaneously directed to two different drop ports.

摘要翻译： 包括输入和输出端口以及添加或分出端口的可重新配置的光学设备具有高度的灵活性，使得通过加入端口引入的任何光信号的任何波长信道可以被添加到通过输出端口传输的任何光信号 。 此外，通过输入端口接收的任何光信号的任何波长信道可以通过任何一个分接口落下。 此外，光学装置可配置为允许来自分别通过任何两个输入端口提供的两个不同光信号的相同波长信道同时被引导到两个不同的分出端口。

公开(公告)号：US08873905B2

公开(公告)日：2014-10-28

申请号：US13411487

申请日：2012-03-02

申请人： Ming Wu ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Ming Wu ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： G02B6/26 ,  G02B6/35 ,  G02B6/293

CPC分类号： H04J14/021 ,  G02B6/29313 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3546 ,  G02B6/3556 ,  G02B6/356 ,  H04J14/0212

摘要： A reconfigurable optical device including input and output ports, and add or drop ports, has a high degree of flexibility such that any wavelength channel from any optical signal introduced through the add ports may be added to any of the optical signals transmitted through the output ports. In addition, any wavelength channel from any optical signal received through the inputs ports may be dropped through any of the drop ports. Furthermore, the optical device is configurable to allow the same wavelength channel from two different optical signals supplied respectively through any two inputs ports to be simultaneously directed to two different drop ports.

摘要翻译： 包括输入和输出端口以及添加或分出端口的可重新配置的光学设备具有高度的灵活性，使得通过加入端口引入的任何光信号的任何波长信道可以被添加到通过输出端口传输的任何光信号 。 此外，通过输入端口接收的任何光信号的任何波长信道可以通过任何一个分接口落下。 此外，光学装置可配置为允许来自分别通过任何两个输入端口提供的两个不同光信号的相同波长信道同时被引导到两个不同的分出端口。

公开(公告)号：US20120019810A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US13226275

申请日：2011-09-06

申请人： Ming Wu ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Ming Wu ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： G01N21/00

CPC分类号： G01M11/33 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3556 ,  G02B6/356 ,  H04Q11/0005 ,  H04Q2011/003 ,  H04Q2011/0037 ,  H04Q2011/0049

摘要： A light detector measures optical power of light incident thereon. Using a beam steering device that is rotatable about two orthogonal axes, wavelength components of different channels are scanned onto the light detector in accordance with programmable parameters. The programmable parameters specify the light detector to which the wavelength components are directed, the order the wavelength components are monitored by the light detector, and the time duration over which each of the wavelength components is monitored by the light detector.

摘要翻译： 光检测器测量入射在其上的光的光功率。 使用可绕两个正交轴旋转的光束转向装置，根据可编程参数将不同通道的波长分量扫描到光检测器上。 可编程参数指定波长分量所指向的光检测器，光检测器监测波长分量的顺序以及由光检测器监测每个波长分量的持续时间。

公开(公告)号：US08755652B2

公开(公告)日：2014-06-17

申请号：US13226275

申请日：2011-09-06

申请人： Ming Wu ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Ming Wu ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： G02B6/32 ,  G01N21/00

CPC分类号： G01M11/33 ,  G02B6/3512 ,  G02B6/3556 ,  G02B6/356 ,  H04Q11/0005 ,  H04Q2011/003 ,  H04Q2011/0037 ,  H04Q2011/0049

摘要： A light detector measures optical power of light incident thereon. Using a beam steering device that is rotatable about two orthogonal axes, wavelength components of different channels are scanned onto the light detector in accordance with programmable parameters. The programmable parameters specify the light detector to which the wavelength components are directed, the order the wavelength components are monitored by the light detector, and the time duration over which each of the wavelength components is monitored by the light detector.

摘要翻译： 光检测器测量入射在其上的光的光功率。 使用可绕两个正交轴旋转的光束转向装置，根据可编程参数将不同通道的波长分量扫描到光检测器上。 可编程参数指定波长分量所指向的光检测器，光检测器监测波长分量的顺序以及由光检测器监测每个波长分量的持续时间。

公开(公告)号：US06545798B2

公开(公告)日：2003-04-08

申请号：US09829590

申请日：2001-04-09

申请人： Glenn D. Bartolini ,  Vikram Bhatia ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Glenn D. Bartolini ,  Vikram Bhatia ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： H04B1012

CPC分类号： H01S3/06758 ,  H01S3/302 ,  H01S2301/04

摘要： An optical device including an optical amplifier to amplify optical signals received through an optical input, and to supply the amplified optical signals from an optical output, and an optical filter component to compensate for variations in the gain spectrum of the optical amplifier that occur as a function of wavelength and operating temperature. The optical filter component includes a first optical filter having an athermalized transmission spectrum and a second optical filter having a transmission (or insertion loss) spectrum that varies as a function of operating temperature.

摘要翻译： 一种光学装置，包括：光放大器，用于放大通过光输入接收的光信号;以及提供来自光输出的放大的光信号;以及光滤波器部件，以补偿光放大器的增益谱的变化， 波长和工作温度的功能。 滤光器部件包括具有非热化透射光谱的第一滤光器和具有作为工作温度的函数而变化的透射（或插入损耗）光谱的第二滤光器。

公开(公告)号：US06539151B2

公开(公告)日：2003-03-25

申请号：US09741887

申请日：2000-12-22

申请人： James C. Fajardo ,  Michael T. Gallagher ,  Michael J. Hackert ,  Daniel W. Hawtof ,  George E. Berkey ,  Daniel A. Nolan ,  Selina G. Farwell ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： James C. Fajardo ,  Michael T. Gallagher ,  Michael J. Hackert ,  Daniel W. Hawtof ,  George E. Berkey ,  Daniel A. Nolan ,  Selina G. Farwell ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： G02B604

CPC分类号： G02B6/02042 ,  C03B37/01205 ,  C03B37/01214 ,  C03B37/027 ,  C03B37/028 ,  C03B37/075 ,  C03B2203/34 ,  C03B2203/40 ,  G02B6/02366 ,  G02B6/29353 ,  G02B6/29364 ,  G02B6/2937

摘要： Optical fiber structures having at least two cores, whether unitary or separable, may be fabricated by controlling the placement of the cores prior to final processing to make the multi-core fiber structure. When the fiber is to be separable, at least two performs are attached, and the attachment height between adjacent canes is controlled to allow separation to be realized (or attachment to be maintained there between) anywhere along the separable multi-core fiber. These canes are then drawn together to form a desired composite fiber, either or both ends of which may be separated to allow for individual manipulation of fiber ends. The separable multi-core fiber may be utilized to fabricate a dual-port or multi-port optical component in which an input and an output (or multiple input/output) fibers are attached to the component, and the exposed distal ends of the separable multi-core fiber are thereafter separated from one another (even after the entire device is assembled and packaged) to provide separated waveguides for pigtailing or splicing to input or output fibers (or other planar or micro-optic components).

摘要翻译： 具有至少两个芯的光纤结构（无论是单一的还是可分离的）可以通过在最终加工之前控制芯的放置来制造多芯光纤结构。 当纤维是可分离的时，附加至少两个表面，并且控制相邻拐杖之间的附着高度，以便沿着可分离的多芯纤维在任何地方实现分离（或在其间保持连接）。 然后将这些藤条拉在一起以形成所需的复合纤维，其中任一个或两端可分离，以允许单独操作纤维末端。 可分离的多芯光纤可以用于制造双端口或多端口光学部件，其中输入和输出（或多个输入/输出）光纤附接到部件，并且可分离的多芯光纤的暴露的远端 此后，多芯光纤彼此分离（即使在整个器件组装和封装之后），以提供分离的波导，用于对输入或输出光纤（或其他平面或微光学部件）进行辫子或拼接。

公开(公告)号：US20120173175A1

公开(公告)日：2012-07-05

申请号：US12982559

申请日：2010-12-30

申请人： Deepak DEVICHARAN ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Deepak DEVICHARAN ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： G01R21/06 ,  G01J1/42

CPC分类号： H04B10/69 ,  H01L27/1446 ,  H04B10/07955 ,  H04N5/359

摘要： A photodiode (PD) array accurately measures incident optical power on each of the PDs in the array by eliminating the effect of crosstalk between the individual PDs. Crosstalk within the PD array is removed by measuring the current generated by each PD in the array and generating a corrected optical power value for each PD that is based on the measured current for each PD and on coupling coefficients associated with other PDs in the array. The coupling coefficients are determined during a previous calibration procedure.

摘要翻译： 光电二极管（PD）阵列通过消除各个PD之间的串扰的影响，精确地测量阵列中每个PD上的入射光功率。 通过测量阵列中每个PD产生的电流来消除PD阵列内的串扰，并根据每个PD的测量电流以及与阵列中的其他PD相关的耦合系数产生每个PD的校正光功率值。 在先前的校准过程中确定耦合系数。

公开(公告)号：US08175127B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-08

申请号：US12970370

申请日：2010-12-16

申请人： Aravanan Gurusami ,  Douglas Llewellyn Butler ,  Timothy K. Zahnley ,  Scott R. Dahl ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Aravanan Gurusami ,  Douglas Llewellyn Butler ,  Timothy K. Zahnley ,  Scott R. Dahl ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： H01S3/13 ,  H01S3/00

CPC分类号： H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/094003 ,  H01S3/094076 ,  H01S3/0941 ,  H01S3/10069 ,  H01S3/1301

摘要： The present invention generally relates to the operation of optical network equipment such as optical amplifiers. In one aspect, a method of operating an optical amplifier is provided such that output of the optical amplifier avoids the effects of operating an optical gain medium in a non-linear (kink) region of an L-I curve. The method generally includes operating an optical gain medium in a fully off state or fully on state above the kink region with a PWM signal. In another aspect, the effects of the kink region may be compensated for by utilizing a lookup table. A sample of the optical power of an amplified optical signal may be used to select an entry in the lookup table that compensates for non-linearities in the kink region. In yet a further aspect, a lookup table may be used to control a pulse modulator to compensate for non-linearites in the kink region of the L-I curve.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及诸如光放大器之类的光网络设备的操作。 一方面，提供了一种操作光放大器的方法，使得光放大器的输出避免了在L-I曲线的非线性（扭结）区域中操作光学增益介质的影响。 该方法通常包括以PWM信号操作处于扭结区域的完全关闭状态或完全导通状态的光学增益介质。 在另一方面，可以通过利用查找表来补偿扭结区域的影响。 放大的光信号的光功率的样本可以用于选择补偿在扭结区域中的非线性的查找表中的条目。 在另一方面，可以使用查找表来控制脉冲调制器来补偿L-I曲线的扭结区域中的非线性元素。

公开(公告)号：US20080225914A1

公开(公告)日：2008-09-18

申请号：US11687444

申请日：2007-03-16

申请人： Aravanan Gurusami ,  Douglas Llewellyn Butler ,  Timothy K. Zahnley ,  Scott R. Dahl ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： Aravanan Gurusami ,  Douglas Llewellyn Butler ,  Timothy K. Zahnley ,  Scott R. Dahl ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： H01S3/094

CPC分类号： H01S3/06754 ,  H01S3/094003 ,  H01S3/094076 ,  H01S3/0941 ,  H01S3/10069 ,  H01S3/1301

摘要： The present invention generally relates to the operation of optical network equipment such as optical amplifiers. In one aspect, a method of operating an optical amplifier is provided such that output of the optical amplifier avoids the effects of operating an optical gain medium in a non-linear (kink) region of an L-I curve. The method generally includes operating an optical gain medium in a fully off state or fully on state above the kink region with a PWM signal. In another aspect, the effects of the kink region may be compensated for by utilizing a lookup table. A sample of the optical power of an amplified optical signal may be used to select an entry in the lookup table that compensates for non-linearities in the kink region. In yet a further aspect, a lookup table may be used to control a pulse modulator to compensate for non-linearites in the kink region of the L-I curve.

摘要翻译： 本发明一般涉及诸如光放大器之类的光网络设备的操作。 一方面，提供了一种操作光放大器的方法，使得光放大器的输出避免了在L-I曲线的非线性（扭结）区域中操作光学增益介质的影响。 该方法通常包括以PWM信号操作处于扭结区域的完全关闭状态或完全导通状态的光学增益介质。 在另一方面，可以通过利用查找表来补偿扭结区域的影响。 放大的光信号的光功率的样本可以用于选择补偿在扭结区域中的非线性的查找表中的条目。 在另一方面，可以使用查找表来控制脉冲调制器来补偿L-I曲线的扭结区域中的非线性元素。

公开(公告)号：US06304383B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-16

申请号：US09398647

申请日：1999-09-17

申请人： William L. DeBoynton ,  Kurt R. Francis ,  Scott M. Hellman ,  Michael Uschitsky ,  Peter G. Wigley

发明人： William L. DeBoynton ,  Kurt R. Francis ,  Scott M. Hellman ,  Michael Uschitsky ,  Peter G. Wigley

IPC分类号： G02B2700

CPC分类号： G02B5/285 ,  G02B7/006 ,  G02B7/008 ,  G02F1/0128 ,  G02F1/21 ,  Y10S359/90

摘要： A temperature compensated optical filter assembly including a plurality of thin films having temperature dependent indices of refraction which are deposited on a glass substrate so as to form a conventional interference filter thereon. The glass substrate is adhesively coupled to a metal holder such that the deposited thin film interference filter is interposed between the glass substrate and an adhesive layer distributed along a mounting surface of the holder. Thus, a first thermal mismatch stress is applied by the glass substrate onto an inner layer of the interference filter and a second mismatch stress is applied by the holder onto an outer layer of the interference filter, wherein the first and second mismatch stresses depend on the temperature of the filter assembly. The glass substrate, the adhesive, and the holder are preferably formed of materials having mechanical properties such that the first and second mismatch stresses compensate for the effects of the temperature dependent indices of refraction of the thin films so as to uniformly maintain the spectral performance of the filter assembly in response to a change in temperature. In one embodiment, an additional degree of freedom is obtained by electro/magneto-strictively prestressing the thin film stack during the formation thereof. In another embodiment, an active stress management system is utilized.

摘要翻译： 一种温度补偿滤光器组件，包括具有温度依赖折射率的多个薄膜，其沉积在玻璃基板上，以在其上形成常规的干涉滤光片。 玻璃基板粘合地耦合到金属保持器，使得沉积的薄膜干涉滤光器插入在玻璃基板和沿着保持器的安装表面分布的粘合剂层之间。 因此，第一热失配应力由玻璃基板施加到干涉滤光器的内层上，并且第二不匹配应力由保持器施加到干涉滤光器的外层上，其中第一和第二失配应力取决于 过滤组件的温度。 玻璃基板，粘合剂和保持器优选地由具有机械特性的材料形成，使得第一和第二失配应力补偿薄膜的温度依赖折射率的影响，以便均匀地保持薄膜的光谱性能 过滤器组件响应于温度的变化。 在一个实施例中，通过在形成薄膜堆叠期间通过电/磁 - 严格预应力来获得附加的自由度。 在另一个实施例中，利用主动应力管理系统。