Unit for compensating the chromatic dispersion in a reconfigurable manner
US6816659B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 27, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/0147
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Unit (100) comprising a portion of holey optical fibre (12) having a length Lc comprising a core region (13) and a cladding region (14), said cladding region (14) comprising, in turn, a plurality of holes passing through it longitudinally, said holes having a respective diameter and being spaced, two by two, according to a respective pitch, said unit comprising also a temperature adjusting device (16) for bringing and maintaining the holey optical fibre (12) at temperature values T selectable in a predetermined interval of temperatures Tx-Ty.
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