Adaptive chromatic dispersion compensator
US6842547B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 29, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/2852
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An integrated chromatic dispersion compensator for optical signals in optical communication networks, comprising a plurality of cascaded stages of optical dispersion elements arranged in the form of a lattice filter structure, is characterized by at least one tapping device disposed between consecutive stages of the optical dispersion elements for tapping inter stage signals, feeding each tapped inter stage signal into a separate feedback loop, which in turn is feeding adaptation parameters into at least one of the stages of the optical dispersion elements preceding the corresponding tapping device of the inter stage signal. The invention presents a compact dispersion compensator that can dynamically be adapted to varying dispersion situations and that is capable of compensating the chromatic dispersion of a multitude of data channels at the same time.
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