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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henning Bulow, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel Alsthom Compagnie Generale d'Electricite, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359161 ; 359189 ;
Abstract
An optical receiver is presented, which can receive and evaluate an optical signal (S) containing interference caused by polarization mode dispersion (PMD). The optical receiver has a splitting facility (1.1) which splits the routable optical signal (S) into two electrical signal components (S.sub.-, S.sub.+). The electrical signal components (S.sub.-, S.sub.+) are processed in an equalizing circuit (1.2). A control facility (1.3) controls the splitting facility (1.1) with the aid of a quality signal (Q) produced by the equalizing circuit (1.2).