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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:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Chris Barnard, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kexing Liu, Nepean, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/12 ; G01J 3/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J 3/12 ; G01J 3/02 ;
Abstract
A novel wavelength measurement method wherein an optical pulse is launched into a dispersive medium with known dispersion properties, such as a dispersion compensating fibre or a dispersion compensating Bragg grating. The specific wavelength of the dispersion-induced light beam is obtained by measuring the propagation time delay through the dispersive medium and relating that propagation time to the calibrated dispersive medium.