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H04J 14/02 (2006.01) H04B 10/04 (2006.01) H04B 10/207 (2006.01) H04J 14/08 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2209407
An apparatus and method provides optical multiple wavelength signals using a single, broadband optical source such, for example, as an LED, to generate many independent optical wavelength channels. An optical transmitter includes a wavelength channel defining assembly which resolves the broad spectrum pulses output by the source into discrete wavelength bands constituting respective pulses (i.e., wavelength channels) and which inserts a delay between the bands to define a sequence of individually addressable channels. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, spectral splicing is achieved by a multiple channel filter, and insertion of the respective delays is achieved by individual fiber sections, each section having a length selected to introduce a particular delay, coupled to the output ports of the router. The inserted delays can be conveniently selected to separate adjacent wavelength channels and thereby minimize the likelihood of crosstalk. Pulses of the thus-resolved channels arrive at different times to a multiplexer which may be configured, for example, as a passive WDM multiplexer or as a star combiner. The resulting sequence of addressable wavelength channels may be supplied to one or more high-speed, broadband modulators, with each modulator being operable to modulate some or all of the channels.
Koren Uziel
Liou Kang-Yih
Kirby Eades Gale Baker
Lucent Technologies Inc.
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