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Distortion analyzer for compensation apparatus of first order polarization mode dispersion (PMD)

US6330375A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 16, 1999
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 16, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/2569
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The effect of polarization mode dispersion that an optical signal experiences as it propagates through an optical transmission fiber is compensated for at a receiver using a birefringent compensator, in which a distortion analyzer repeatedly examines the signal outputted by the compensator and causes the compensator to reduce the effect of such polarization mode dispersion based on the results of such examination.

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