Patent ID: 6782158
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: G02B,H04J

Abstract:
A dispersion mitigating interleaver assembly comprising:a first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly having two input ports and having two output ports, the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly being configured to receive an input to one of the two input ports thereof; a second Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly having two input ports and having two output ports, the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly receiving a first output of the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly at an input port of the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly which is opposite of the input port of the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly at which the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly received the input, the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly providing an output on the same output port as the input port of the second Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly which received the input; and a third Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly having two input ports and having two output ports, the third Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly receiving a second output of the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly at an input port of the third Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly which is opposite of the input port of the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly at which the first Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly received an input, the third Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly providing an output on the opposite output port as the input port of the third Mach-Zehnder interferometer assembly which received an input.