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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Neil Payne, Southampton, GB;
Anatoly Grudinin, Southampton, GB;
Igor Andreevich Goncharenko, Hagen, DE;
Assignee:
University of Southampton, Hampshire, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
Abstract
A method of optical pulse propagation via a dispersive optical fibre, the method comprising the steps of: launching the optical pulses into the fibre at a pulse intensity sufficient to provide non-linear dispersion compensation during propagation through a first portion of the fibre; and providing a counter-chirping device to substantially compensate for the dispersion of a remaining, second portion of the fibre.