Patent · US Expired

Chromatic dispersion compensating apparatus

US7466920B2 · kind B2 · utility

1Cited by
2References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 12, 2003
Grant dateDec 16, 2008
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 25, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B2210/258
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In order to compensate for chromatic dispersion ad dispersion slope over an entire wavelength band of the optical signal, the wavelength band is split into a plurality of bands, and chromatic dispersion compensation is made to make chromatic dispersion in a central wavelength of each of the bands zero.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.