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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Waldemar Stöcklein, Coburg, DE;
Winfried Rutzen, Dörfles-Esbach, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
In order to reduce the polarization-mode dispersion, disturbance mechanisms are provided along the length of the respective optical waveguide in a statistically distributed manner. The disturbance mechanisms bring about additional polarization-mode couplings for transmission light in the optical waveguide interior.