US 12,451,663 B2
Multi-wavelength laser system for optical data communication links and associated methods
Milos Popovic, San Francisco, CA (US); Rajeev Ram, San Francisco, CA (US); Vladimir Stojanovic, Berkeley, CA (US); Chen Sun, Berkeley, CA (US); Mark Taylor Wade, Berkeley, CA (US); and Alexandra Carroll Wright, Oakland, CA (US)
Assigned to Ayar Labs, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Ayar Labs, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/337,362.
Application 18/337,362 is a continuation of application No. 17/582,814, filed on Jan. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,682,879.
Application 17/582,814 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,003, filed on Jan. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,233,371, issued on Jan. 25, 2022.
Application 16/777,003 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,829, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,581,215, issued on Mar. 3, 2020.
Application 16/195,829 is a continuation of application No. 15/277,968, filed on Sep. 27, 2016, granted, now 10,135,218, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/236,384, filed on Oct. 2, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352897 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01S 3/08 (2023.01); H01S 3/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/04 (2006.01); H01S 3/23 (2006.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/572 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01S 3/08086 (2013.01) [H01S 3/005 (2013.01); H01S 3/0405 (2013.01); H01S 3/2391 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01); H04B 10/506 (2013.01); H04B 10/572 (2013.01); H04J 14/025 (2013.01); H04J 2014/0253 (2013.01); H04J 14/0282 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rack unit, comprising: a top-of-rack switch disposed within the rack unit, the top-of-rack switch including a first optical transceiver, wherein the first optical transceiver is configured as a dense wavelength division multiplexer transceiver; a server unit disposed within the rack unit, the server unit including a second optical transceiver, wherein the second optical transceiver is configured as a dense wavelength division multiplexer transceiver; and a laser light supply system disposed within the rack unit, the laser light supply system optically connected to both the first optical transceiver and the second optical transceiver, the laser light supply system configured to generate a plurality of wavelengths of continuous wave laser light and convey the plurality of wavelengths of continuous wave laser light to both the first optical transceiver and the second optical transceiver.