Reconfigurable multichannel transmitter for dense wavelength division multiplexing (dwdm) optical communication

摘要

The invention provides a high performance reconfigurable DWDM transmitter incorporating low cost discrete optical components which can be placed in v grooves etched in a silicon optical micro-board or the like, keeping costs of manufacturing low. The lasers can be packaged in modules based on the technology of meso scale optics. The physical size of a multi channel module can be no bigger than a conventional single laser module.