Optical transmission systems, devices, and method
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1. An optical system comprising:
- an optical transmitter configured to transmit information over two channels, each channel being at a different wavelength;
two optical filters, each of the optical filters including a band filter configured to filter at least one optical channel and a periodic filter configured to receive the at least one optical channel from said band filter and provide a single filtered optical channel and shape the bandwidth of the single filtered, shaped optical channel, wherein each of the band filters has a bandwidth at least twice as large as a periodic bandwidth of each of the periodic filters, wherein each of said band filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a fiber Bragg grating, a Fabry-Perot filter and a thin film filter, wherein each of said periodic filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a Mach-Zehnder filter, a Michelson interferometer, and an arrayed waveguide; and
an optical receiver positioned proximate the optical filter in the network and configured to receive at least two filtered shaped optical channels, wherein said optical receiver is configured to receive and convert the two filtered, shaped optical channels into two electrical signals and combine the two electrical signals into one electrical signal.
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Abstract
A method of receiving optical channels including providing an optical band filter configured to filter at least one optical channel from a multiple channel optical signal and provide a band filtered optical signal. A periodic filter is configured to filter and/or shape one channel from the band filtered optical signal and provide the periodic filtered, shaped signal to a receiver and other optical system. The invention also relates to corresponding systems and apparatuses.
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16 Claims
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1. An optical system comprising:
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an optical transmitter configured to transmit information over two channels, each channel being at a different wavelength; two optical filters, each of the optical filters including a band filter configured to filter at least one optical channel and a periodic filter configured to receive the at least one optical channel from said band filter and provide a single filtered optical channel and shape the bandwidth of the single filtered, shaped optical channel, wherein each of the band filters has a bandwidth at least twice as large as a periodic bandwidth of each of the periodic filters, wherein each of said band filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a fiber Bragg grating, a Fabry-Perot filter and a thin film filter, wherein each of said periodic filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a Mach-Zehnder filter, a Michelson interferometer, and an arrayed waveguide; and an optical receiver positioned proximate the optical filter in the network and configured to receive at least two filtered shaped optical channels, wherein said optical receiver is configured to receive and convert the two filtered, shaped optical channels into two electrical signals and combine the two electrical signals into one electrical signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An optical receiver comprising:
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two optical filters, each of the optical filters including a band filter configured to filter at least one optical channel and a periodic filter configured to receive the at least one optical channel from said band filter and provide a single filtered optical channel and shape the bandwidth of the single filtered, shaped optical channel, wherein each of the band filters has a bandwidth at least twice as large as a periodic bandwidth of each of the periodic filters, wherein each of said band filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a fiber Bragg grating, a Fabry-Perot filter and a thin film filter, and wherein each of said periodic filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a Mach-Zehnder filter, a Michelson interferometer, and an arrayed waveguide; and a photodiode configured to receive the two filtered, shaped optical channels and convert them into two electrical signals.
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16. A method of receiving an optical signal comprising:
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receiving two optical channels, each optical channel being at a different wavelength; filtering the two optical channels using two optical filters, each of the optical filters including a band filter configured to filter at least one optical channel and each of the optical filters including a periodic filter configured to receive at least one of the optical channels from one of the band filters and provide a single filtered optical channel and shape the bandwidth of the single filtered, shaped optical channel, wherein each of the band filters has a bandwidth at least twice as large as a periodic bandwidth of each of the periodic filters, wherein each of said band filters includes at least one filter selected from a group consisting of a fiber Bragg grating, a Fabry-Perot filter and a thin film filter, and wherein each said periodic filters includes a filter selected from a group consisting of a Mach-Zehnder filter, a Michelson interferometer, and an arrayed waveguide; converting the two filtered, shaped optical channels into electrical signals; and combining the two electrical signals into one electrical signal.
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