Optical circulator array

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9798081
APP PUB NO 20170269296A1
SERIAL NO

15615941

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Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optical communications. In one aspect, an optical circulator array includes a plurality of stacked three port circulators each having a respective first port of a first port array, a respective second port of a second port array, and a respective third port of a third port array. Each of the plurality of staked three port circulators share optical components including a first micro lens array optically coupled to the first port array and the third port array, a first walk off crystal, a first half wave plate, a first faraday rotator, a first birefringence wedge pair, a second birefringence wedge pair, a second Faraday rotator, a second half wave plate, a second birefringence walk off crystal, and a second micro lens array optically coupled to the second port array.

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MOLEX LLC2222 WELLINGTON COURT LISLE IL 60532

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Gong, Lifu San Jose, US 22 46
Ji, Guijun Cupertino, US 11 41
Mao, Hongwei Fremont, US 25 118
Qiao, Jinyuan Cupertino, US 5 5
Wang, Zhongsheng Fremont, US 33 50
Zhu, Tian Castro Valley, US 17 56

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