Patent ID: 6343169
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: G02B,H04J

Abstract:
An ultra-dense wavelength division multiplexing device comprising:a wavelength division multiplexing device for combining at least one plurality of monochromatic optical beams into a corresponding at least one single, multiplexed, polychromatic optical beam, the wavelength division multiplexing device having an input element and an output element; a plurality of optical input devices disposed proximate the input element, each of the plurality of optical input devices for communicating a plurality of monochromatic optical beams to the wavelength division multiplexing device for combining the plurality of monochromatic optical beams into a single, multiplexed, polychromatic optical beam; and a corresponding plurality of optical output devices disposed proximate the output element, each of the plurality of optical output devices for receiving a corresponding single, multiplexed, polychromatic optical beam.