CMOS-compatible polarization-diverse tunable optical bandpass filter

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7680362
APP PUB NO 20090180729A1
SERIAL NO

12014440

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According to one embodiment, an optical filter has a polarization rotator and two instances of an optical bandpass filter (OBPF). The first instance of the OBPF processes a TE-polarized component of an optical input signal to produce a first filtered signal. The polarization rotator then transforms the TE polarization of the first filtered signal into the TM polarization. The polarization rotator also transforms the polarization of a TM-polarized component of the optical input signal into the TE polarization. The second instance of the OBPF processes the resulting TE-polarized signal to produce a second filtered signal. The first and second filtered signals having TM and TE polarizations, respectively, are then combined to produce a filtered output signal.

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  • ALCATEL-LUCENT USA INC.;WSOU INVESTMENTS, LLC

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Rasras, Mahmoud Berkeley Heights, US 33 356

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