Optical power equalizer
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Jan 8, 2002
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Dec 21, 1998
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Dec 21, 1998
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The specification describes an optical power level equalizer device for compensating power tilt in a wavelength division multiplexed lightwave system. The device is a movable membrane device, similar in structure to a Mechanical Anti-Reflection Switch (MARS) device, but in which the movable membrane is made essentially transparent to the center wavelength of the multiplexed signal. Reflectivity increases on one side of the power band and decreases on the other, allowing tilt to be compensated without significant power loss in the center wavelengths. The degree of tilt compensation is dependent on the size of the air gap and can be adjusted dynamically to maintain equal power levels in each channel.
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