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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
John S. Abbott, III, Elmira, NY (US);
Greg E. Smith, Corning, NY (US);
Carlton M. Truesdale, Corning, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/16 ; G02B 6/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/16 ; G02B 6/26 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a dispersion compensated multimode waveguide fiber link. The dispersion of essentially any wavelength can be compensated by adding a compensating waveguide fiber to the link, the compensating waveguide having a profile shape and a &lgr; wavelength which counters dispersion caused by the original waveguide fiber of the link. Analytical expressions relating the compensator waveguide profile and &lgr; to the original link and compensated profile and &lgr; are provided for the embodiment which includes a profiles.