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US 2015/0086200 A1Published application
Space To Wavelength Superchannel Conversion
AssigneeAlcatel-Lucent USA Inc.
InventorsChongjin Xie, Roland Ryf
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Abstract
An apparatus inputs an input configured to receive an input optical signal, and an output configured to output an output optical signal. A superchannel converter is coupled between the input and the output. The superchannel converter is configured to convert N spatial modes of the input optical signal to M spatial modes of the output optical signal.
Claims20
An apparatus, comprising:
- an input configured to receive an input optical signal;
- an output configured to output an output optical signal;
- a superchannel converter configured to convert N spatial modes of the input optical signal to M spatial modes of the output optical signal.
A method, comprising:
- configuring a superchannel converter to receive an input optical signal having N spatial modes and to output an optical signal having M spatial modes;
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- configuring the superchannel converter to convert the N spatial modes of the input optical signal to the M spatial modes of the output optical signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.