Patent ID: 9525490
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: H04B,H04J,H04Q

Claim Text:
1. A transmitter, comprising: a plurality of tunable lasers configured to produce a respective plurality of laser input signals at a respective plurality of tunable wavelengths, each wavelength being tunable in response to at least one electrical signal; and an optical router coupled to the plurality of tunable lasers, the optical router including a plurality of input ports, each input port being configured to receive a respective laser input signal of the plurality of laser input signals, the optical router further including a plurality of output ports, the optical router being configured, in a first selectable configuration, to direct each of the plurality of laser input signals into a corresponding output port of the plurality of output ports to form a respective plurality of laser output signals, the optical router being further configured, in a second selectable configuration, to direct each of the plurality of laser input signals into a single output port of the plurality of output ports to form a single laser output signal.