Patent ID: 7072541
Filing Date: 2006-07-04
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A bidirectional optical triplexer comprising: a platform having first and second trenches spaced from each other on a first optical path that may be optically connected to an external optical waveguide; a first filter positioned in the first trench arranged to reflect a first optical signal proceeding through the first optical path to a second optical path; a second filter positioned in the second trench arranged to reflect the second optical signal proceeding through the first optical path to a third optical path; a first optical receiver arranged to detect the first optical signal proceeding through the second optical path; a second optical receiver arranged to detect a second optical signal proceeding through the third optical path; and an optical transmitter arranged to output a third optical signal to the first optical path, wherein the first and the second optical receiver are aligned at a first side of the first and the second trenches and the optical transmitter is aligned at a second side of the first and the second trenches, the first side being opposite to the second side about the first and second trenches.