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Apparatus for modulating one or both of spectral phase and amplitude of an optical signal

  • US 7,321,454 B2
  • Filed: 10/07/2005
  • Issued: 01/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for modulating spectral phase and spectral amplitude of a received optical signal, comprising:

  • a spatial dispersion mechanism for spatially dispersing a received optical signal into a plurality of spatially dispersed signal components;

    a modulating mechanism comprising a plurality of modulating component sets, each modulating component set having associated adjacent modulating components operable for adapting relative phases of respective portions of one of the spatially dispersed signal components, the phase-adapted portions of the spatially dispersed signal component being adapted for modulating spectral phase of the spatially dispersed signal component; and

    a spatial filtering mechanism adapted for destructively interfering the phase-adapted portions of the spatially dispersed signal component for modulating spectral amplitude of the spatially dispersed signal component.

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