Dual window WDM optical fiber communication
US5905838A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | May 18, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2210/258
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Simultaneous dense WDM operation in both the 1310 nm and 1550 nm transparency windows of silica-based optical fiber, is enabled by a fiber design providing for nulled dispersion within a critically positioned wavelength range. Design provides for values of dispersion in both windows sufficiently low for desired per-channel bit rate, and, at the same time, sufficiently high to maintain effects of non-linear dispersion within tolerable limits for WDM operation. Fiber fabrication and system design are described.
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