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US 12,687,732 · App. 18/566,003 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Multi-channel optical module

Inventors: Shigeru Kanazawa (Musashino, JP); Yasuhiko Nakanishi (Musashino, JP); Takahiko Shindo (Musashino, JP); Meishin Chin (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
G02B27/108H04J14/02H04J14/0305H04J14/05
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,687,732
App. No.
18/566,003
Filed
Nov 30, 2023
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
VU, PHU
Art Unit
2871
USPC
359/638
Abstract

Crosstalk between adjacent channels is suppressed when monitoring optical output power. A multi-channel optical module for multiplexing and outputting a plurality of wavelength channels, which includes a plurality of light sources each having a different wavelength, a plurality of collimator lenses coupled to the respective outputs of the plurality of light sources, a beam splitter coupled to an output of each of the plurality of collimator lenses, a plurality of monitor PDs for monitoring optical power branched from the beam splitter, and a plurality of wavelength filters inserted between the beam splitter and each of the plurality of monitor PDs and each wavelength filter transmitting only the wavelength of the light source coupled by the beam splitter.

Claims (5)

1 . A multi-channel optical module for multiplexing and outputting a plurality of wavelength channels, comprising:

a plurality of light sources each having a different wavelength;

a plurality of collimator lenses coupled to the respective outputs of the plurality of light sources;

a beam splitter coupled to an output of each of the plurality of collimator lenses and including a plurality of optical thin films each branching only the wavelength of the light source coupled through each collimator lens; and

a plurality of monitor PDs for monitoring optical power branched from the beam splitter.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 18, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072507/0679 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2023
From: KANAZAWA, SHIGERU; NAKANISHI, YASUHIKO; SHINDO, TAKAHIKO; CHIN, MEISHIN
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065723/0177 →
Continuity (1)
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