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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick Brindel, Longpont sur Orge, FR;
Elisabeth Brun, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel Submarine Networks, Clichy, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
385 24 ; 359161 ; 359173 ;
Abstract
In an optical transmission method solitons are transmitted through a succession of fibers in which their intensity progressively decreases. To limit distortion of the solitons, this decrease in their intensity is accompanied by a decrease in the chromatic dispersion of the fibers. In accordance with the invention, the succession of fibers includes at least a first fiber featuring continuously longitudinally decreasing chromatic dispersion. Subsequent fibers feature respective longitudinally constant chromatic dispersions forming a longitudinally decreasing sequence. Applications include telecommunications.