Optical equalizer
US6687032B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 12, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B2210/003
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical equaliser, for use in an optical communications system, comprises a plurality of concatenated, fixed modulation depth, periodic filters. Each of the filters may be individually dynamically wavelength tuned in order to optimise optical equalisation of an optical signal transmitted by an optical element in the optical communications system.
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