Arrayed waveguide grating, optical module provided with said arrayed waveguide grating, and optical communications system

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PATENT NO 9116305
APP PUB NO 20140376861A1
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14364198

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An arrayed waveguide grating provided with a first slab waveguide formed on a substrate; a second slab waveguide formed on the substrate; a first input/output waveguide connected to the first slab waveguide; a second input/output waveguide connected to the second slab waveguide; two or more channel waveguide groups connecting the first and second slab waveguides, each of the channel waveguide groups formed of an aggregate of a plurality of channel waveguides having path lengths sequentially becoming longer by a predetermined path length difference; and an optical filter arranged in at least one of the first and second slab waveguides.

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  • NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Itoh, Mikitaka Atsugi, JP 14 214
Kimura, Shunji Yokosuka, JP 17 124
Kitoh, Tsutomu Atsugi, JP 18 221
Mizuno, Takayuki Atsugi, JP 81 567
Nakamura, Hirotaka Yokosuka, JP 79 480
Takahashi, Hiroshi Atsugi, JP 851 11462
Tamaki, Shinya Yokosuka, JP 22 38

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