US Patent Issued to Intel on Feb. 24 for "Optical amplifier with integrated wavelength-selective switching" (California, New Mexico Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,684, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Intel Corp. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Optical amplifier with integrated wavelength-selective switching" was invented by Md. Mahbub Satter (Santa Clara, Calif.), David Mathine (Albuquerque, N.M.) and Jonathan Doylend (Morgan Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are devices, methods, and systems for selectively amplifying optical signals using an optical circuit. The optical circuit includes an input port to receive a plurality of input laser signals and a switching array connected to the input port. The switching array includes a plurality of switching optical amplifiers co...