Wavelength Based Optical Power Positioning for Information and Communications Technology Systems
First Claim
1. A chassis, comprising:
- a light source operable to multiplex a plurality of continuous wave light beams at different wavelengths onto a single optical fiber as a multiplexed light source; and
a photonic unit comprising;
an optical demultiplexer operable to demultiplex the multiplexed light source carried over the optical fiber based on wavelength to recover the continuous wave light beams; and
a plurality of optical power splitters each operable to input one of the recovered continuous wave light beams from the optical demultiplexer and output one or more light beams at the same wavelength and at the same or lower power as the light beam input to that optical splitter so that at least one of the light beams output by the optical splitters has a higher power than the other light beams output by the optical splitters.
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Abstract
Wavelength-based optical power provisioning is provided by multiplexing a plurality of continuous wave light beams at different wavelengths onto a single optical fiber as a multiplexed light source and demultiplexing the multiplexed light source based on wavelength at a photonic unit coupled to the optical fiber to recover the continuous wave light beams. The recovered continuous wave light beams are split into a plurality of light beams by the photonic unit, each light beam having the same wavelength and the same or lower power as one of the recovered continuous wave light beams so that at least one of the light beams generated by the photonic unit has a higher power than the other light beams generated by the photonic unit.
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1. A chassis, comprising:
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a light source operable to multiplex a plurality of continuous wave light beams at different wavelengths onto a single optical fiber as a multiplexed light source; and a photonic unit comprising; an optical demultiplexer operable to demultiplex the multiplexed light source carried over the optical fiber based on wavelength to recover the continuous wave light beams; and a plurality of optical power splitters each operable to input one of the recovered continuous wave light beams from the optical demultiplexer and output one or more light beams at the same wavelength and at the same or lower power as the light beam input to that optical splitter so that at least one of the light beams output by the optical splitters has a higher power than the other light beams output by the optical splitters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of wavelength-based optical power provisioning, comprising:
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multiplexing a plurality of continuous wave light beams at different wavelengths onto a single optical fiber as a multiplexed light source; demultiplexing the multiplexed light source based on wavelength at a photonic unit coupled to the optical fiber to recover the continuous wave light beams; and splitting the recovered continuous wave light beams into a plurality of light beams by the photonic unit, each light beam having the same wavelength and the same or lower power as one of the recovered continuous wave light beams so that at least one of the light beams generated by the photonic unit has a higher power than the other light beams generated by the photonic unit. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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