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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2018
Filed:
May. 26, 2017
Applicant:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventors:
Herve Albert Pierre Fevrier, Redwood City, CA (US);
Gayathrinath Nagarajan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Stephen Gregory Grubb, Atherton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Facebook, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/4427 (2013.01); G02B 6/4416 (2013.01);
Abstract
Submarine optical fiber communications are described. A submarine optical fiber communications system can be configured to transmit optical signals within a first band of the electromagnetic spectrum in a first direction, and to transmit optical signals within a second band of the electromagnetic spectrum in a second direction. The bands can be C band, L band, or both bands.