G02B 6/356
In an optical cross-connect device
Official title: {in an optical cross-connect device, e.g. routing and switching aspects of interconnecting different paths propagating different wavelengths to (re)configure the various input and output links (switching polarized beams G02B6/3594; power equalizers G02B6/356 and G02B6/3594; path selecting means H04Q11/0001)}
G02B6/356 (In an optical cross-connect device) appears on 741 US grants and 758 published applications in this corpus.
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