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Cross-connect for an optical network

  • US 5,889,600 A
  • Filed: 05/06/1996
  • Issued: 03/30/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An optical cross-connect comprising:

  • a plurality of input modules each configured to receive a respective group of input signals and derive in response to each signal of the group an individual optical signal (λ

    1) of a respective given wavelength,a plurality of output modules each including a plurality of receptors selectively responsive to respective ones of the wavelengths of said optical signals to provide an output signal for the output module, anda plurality of couplers each configured to couple a respective one of said optical signals, each of a different wavelength, from each of the input modules, to a receptor of each of the output modules, wherein said input modules and said output modules are selectively connectible to said couplers.

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