Corning Incorporated

Aleksandra Boskovic

Scott Robertson Bickham

Richard Edward Wagner

Andrey Kobyakov

Sergey Yurevich Ten

A Boh Ruffin

Valeria Loureiro Da Silva

An optical communication system and a communication network are disclosed herein capable of transmitting optical signals with high optical launch power over long distances with suppression of stimulated Brillouin scattering. A method of transmitting optical signals is also disclosed herein which comprises transmitting optical signals at high optical launch power with a high carrier-to-noise ratio (CNR). Passive optical networks disclosed herein provide greater reach and/or increased splits.

Optical communication system with suppressed SBS

Four-wave mixing of transmitted signals in a lightwave transmission system is reduced by (1) grouping the signals in pairs of adjacent frequencies, (2) increasing the frequency of every other pair by a fixed amount, and (3) decreasing the frequency of the remaining pairs by the same fixed amount, where the fixed amount is less than the permitted variation of the ITU grid.

Methods and apparatus for reducing four-wave mixing

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Elmira, NY, United States of America

Aleksandra Boskovic