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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2021
Applicant:
Infinera Corp., Annapolis, MD (US);
Inventors:
Amir Rashidinejad, Annapolis Junction, MD (US);
Matthew Fisher, Annapolis Junction, MD (US);
Assignee:
Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/04 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/50597 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical network component and method are herein described. The system and method include determining a first power of an optical modulator using a first photodetector and a second power of the transmitter using a second photodetector, determining a contrast ratio based on the first power and the second power, and determining a modulation loss based on the contrast ratio.