WAVECHIP

Computer software for use in wavelength management and control, for use in monitoring optical wavelengths, for use in monitoring and testing optical networks, for use in optical network and element management, for use in monitoring optical signals; computer hardware and peripherals; optical communication, telecommunication, and photonic components and subsystems, namely, modules, lasers, optical wave guides, optical filters, modulators, and optical network routers and switches, for use in optical, agile, dynamic, reconfigurable, and intelligent networks; electric and electronic sensors for monitoring optical signals, for monitoring optical wavelengths; photonic components, modules and subsystems for wavelength signal routing, monitoring and conditioning, namely, lasers, light waveguides, light filters and modulators, electro-optical waveguides, waveguides with electrically switchable and variable cladding and core, fiberoptic light switches and fiberoptic light amplifiers, free-space and hybrid free-space waveguide modules, electronic circuits and computer software for the purpose of wavelength management and control, programmable optical network routers, switches and branching switches, optical signal management and control; photonic components and subsystems for wavelength management and control in wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) and dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) optical networks, namely, modules, electronic circuits and computer software for the purpose of wavelength management and control; programmable optical network routers, switches and branching switches for use in remotely tuning or setting wavelengths in optical, agile, dynamic, reconfigurable, and intelligent networks; programmable tunable grating modules for wavelength channel switching and routing; wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) and dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) optical channel filters; tunable optical channel filters; dynamic wavelength channel switches and routers; diffraction gratings; Bragg gratings; tunable Bragg gratings; tunable grating modules; grating-based modules for wavelength channel switching and routing; grating-based modules for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) and dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) channel filtering; grating-based modules for wavelength referencing; athermal gratings; tunable athermal gratings; passive athermal gratings; athermal channel optical filters; tunable wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) and dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) optical channel filters; grating-based sensor networks; grating-based sensors; fiberoptic sensors; fiberoptic light amplifiers; devices comprised of modules, electronic circuits and computer software for monitoring optical wavelengths; devices comprised of modides, electronic circuits and computer software for monitoring optical signals; devices comprised of electronic circuits and computer software for monitoring and testing optical networks; optical channel analyzers; lasers that are tunable to different optical wavelengths; pump lasers and pump laser stabilizers not for medical use, fiberoptic sources, namely lasers, light emitting diodes; optical sources, namely lasers, light emitting diodes; reconfigurable add/drop routers; add/drop multiplexers; multi-channel add/drop multiplexers; reconfigurable add/drop multiplexers; wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) and dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) multiplexers; multiplexers; demultiplexers; cross connects; optical connectors; optical couplers; optical switches; optical transmitters; optical receivers; optical network routers; optical amplifiers; dynamic-dispersion compensators; dynamic gain equalization optical filters; optical filters; wavelength converters; interleavers; fixed gain equalizing optical filters; computer programs, software and firmware for use in signal routing, control, monitoring and conditioning; computer programs, software and firmware for use in wavelength management and control; computer programs, software and firmware for optical network and element management, interfacing and control; computer programs, software and firmware for optical network diagnostics; computer programs, software and firmware for monitoring and controlling optical elements in wavelength agile, dynamic telecommunication, reconfigurable telecommunication, and intelligent networks; and optical network routers and switches, light filters, lasers not for medical use, light waveguides, and modulators and operating systems, computer programs, software and firmware; optical attenuators; variable optical attenuators; thermally controllable and tunable components, namely thermally controllable optical filters, dynamic gain equalization optical filters, optical switches, optical network routers, gratings, Bragg gratings