US 12,034,485 B1
Coherent optical breakout
Hongbin Zhang, Holmdel, NJ (US); and Christian Rasmussen, Kongens Lyngby (DK)
Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/863,968.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/221,441, filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Int. Cl. H04B 10/548 (2013.01); H04B 10/61 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/548 (2013.01) [H04B 10/613 (2013.01); H04B 10/807 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a coherent optical breakout comprising at least one input; wherein the coherent optical breakout has a laser; wherein the coherent optical breakout has a set of optical connections to output optical signals; wherein the set has at least two optical connections; wherein the coherent optical breakout enables coherent optical communication at a pre-determined gigabits per second, Gbs, across each of the set of optical connections, wherein the coherent optical breakout further comprises logic to average frequency offsets of each optical communication of each of the set of optical connections: wherein the coherent optical breakout further comprises logic to align frequencies across the set of optical connections.