Bidirectional optical communication with minimal guard band

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PATENT NO 10374742
APP PUB NO 20180234198A1
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15433904

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A module, system and method adjusts a tunable filter to have an adjustable frequency response based on one of an outbound optical signal on a transmit channel and an inbound optical signal on a receive channel. The tunable filter is in an optical path of the outbound optical signal and in an optical path of the inbound optical signal. The transmit and the receive channels are configured as part of a channel plan of a bidirectional (bi-di) dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system.

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II-VI DELAWARE INC1105 NORTH MARKET STREET SUITE 1300 WILMINGTON DE 19801

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Li, Huiping Shanghai, CN 35 374
Lin, Leo Yu-Yu Shanghai, CN 9 49
Shu, Huade Shanghai, CN 12 63
Zhang, Li Shanghai, CN 2775 40019
Zheng, Youbin Shanghai, CN 5 9

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