Samuel B Weaver

US Patent:

20130148923, Jun 13, 2013

Filed:

Jan 28, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/752285

Inventors:

Altera Corporation - San Jose CA, US
Dirk Barthel - Westminster CO, US
Robert T. Weverka - Boulder CO, US
Samuel Paul Weaver - Boulder CO, US
Paulo E. Silveira - Boulder CO, US

Assignee:

ALTERA CORPORATION - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G02B 6/293

US Classification:

385 24

Abstract:

Bidirectional wavelength cross connects include a plurality of ports, each configured to receive an input optical signals, each input optical signal having a plurality of spectral bands. At least one of the plurality of ports is disposed to simultaneously transmit an output optical signal having at least one of the spectral bands. A plurality of wavelength routing elements are configured to selectively route input optical signal spectral bands to output optical signals.