Patents by Inventor Carl Edmund Soccolich

Carl Edmund Soccolich has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Optical arrangement for managing diversity and isolation between ports in a wavelength selective switch
    Patent number: 10495819
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical port array, an optical arrangement, a dispersion element, a focusing element and a programmable optical phase modulator. The optical port array has at least one optical input port for receiving an optical beam and a plurality of optical output ports. The optical arrangement allows optical coupling between the input port and each of the output ports and prevents optical coupling between any one of the plurality of optical output ports and any other of the plurality of optical output ports. The dispersion element receives the optical beam from the input port after traversing the optical arrangement and spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. The focusing element focuses the plurality of wavelength components. The programmable optical phase modulator receives the focused plurality of wavelength components and steers them to a selected one of the optical outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jefferson L. Wagener, Takaaki Ishikawa, Carl Edmund Soccolich
  • Optical arrangement for managing diversity and isolation between ports in a wavelength selective switch
    Patent number: 10228517
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical port array, an optical arrangement, a dispersion element, a focusing element and a programmable optical phase modulator. The optical port array has at least one optical input port for receiving an optical beam and a plurality of optical output ports. The optical arrangement allows optical coupling between the input port and each of the output ports and prevents optical coupling between any one of the plurality of optical output ports and any other of the plurality of optical output ports. The dispersion element receives the optical beam from the input port after traversing the optical arrangement and spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. The focusing element focuses the plurality of wavelength components. The programmable optical phase modulator receives the focused plurality of wavelength components and steers them to a selected one of the optical outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Nistica, Inc.
    Inventors: Jefferson L. Wagener, Carl Edmund Soccolich, Takaaki Ishikawa
  • OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR MANAGING DIVERSITY AND ISOLATION BETWEEN PORTS IN A WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH
    Publication number: 20190004250
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical port array, an optical arrangement, a dispersion element, a focusing element and a programmable optical phase modulator. The optical port array has at least one optical input port for receiving an optical beam and a plurality of optical output ports. The optical arrangement allows optical coupling between the input port and each of the output ports and prevents optical coupling between any one of the plurality of optical output ports and any other of the plurality of optical output ports. The dispersion element receives the optical beam from the input port after traversing the optical arrangement and spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. The focusing element focuses the plurality of wavelength components. The programmable optical phase modulator receives the focused plurality of wavelength components and steers them to a selected one of the optical outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Jefferson L. Wagener, Takaaki Ishikawa, Carl Edmund Soccolich
  • OPTICAL ARRANGEMENT FOR MANAGING DIVERSITY AND ISOLATION BETWEEN PORTS IN A WAVELENGTH SELECTIVE SWITCH
    Publication number: 20160259128
    Abstract: An optical device includes an optical port array, an optical arrangement, a dispersion element, a focusing element and a programmable optical phase modulator. The optical port array has at least one optical input port for receiving an optical beam and a plurality of optical output ports. The optical arrangement allows optical coupling between the input port and each of the output ports and prevents optical coupling between any one of the plurality of optical output ports and any other of the plurality of optical output ports. The dispersion element receives the optical beam from the input port after traversing the optical arrangement and spatially separates the optical beam into a plurality of wavelength components. The focusing element focuses the plurality of wavelength components. The programmable optical phase modulator receives the focused plurality of wavelength components and steers them to a selected one of the optical outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2015
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jefferson L. Wagener, Carl Edmund Soccolich, Takaaki Ishikawa