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US 2019/0162900 A1Published application
Dynamic photonic waveguide splitter/coupler
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorD. Brice Achkir
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Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first channel core in communication with a second channel core and a third channel core of a photonic waveguide, a splitter/coupler module movable relative to the channel cores to dynamically adjust a ratio of optical signals at two of the channel cores of the photonic waveguide, and an actuation device operable to move the splitter/coupler module based on input received during operation of the photonic waveguide.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a first channel core in communication with a second channel core and a third channel core of a photonic waveguide;
- a splitter/coupler module movable relative to the channel cores to dynamically adjust a ratio of optical signals at two of the channel cores of the photonic waveguide;
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- an actuation device operable to move the splitter/coupler module based on input received during operation of the photonic waveguide.
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A method comprising:
- receiving an optical signal ratio for a photonic waveguide comprising a plurality of channel cores and a splitter/coupler module movable relative to the channel cores to dynamically adjust the optical signal ratio at two of the channel cores;
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- transmitting an electrical signal to an actuation device to move the splitter/coupler module based on the received optical signal ratio;
- wherein the splitter/coupler module is movable during operation of the photonic waveguide to dynamically modify the optical signal ratio.
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A network device comprising:
- an embedded photonic waveguide, the photonic waveguide comprising:
- a first channel core in communication with a second channel core and a third channel core;
- a splitter/coupler module movable relative to the channel cores to dynamically adjust a ratio of optical signals at two of the channel cores;
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- an actuation device operable to move the splitter/coupler module based on input received during operation of the photonic waveguide to dynamically modify the optical signal ratio.
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