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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gordon C. Wilson, New York, NY (US);
Maxim A. Bolshtyansky, Bound Brook, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Onetta, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/012 ;
Abstract
Optical channel monitor depolarizers are provided. The depolarizers may be used to reduce the effects of polarization-dependent loss on optical channel power measurements made in optical amplifiers or other optical network equipment. The channel power measurements may be used in controlling optical amplifiers and other equipment in wavelength-division-multiplexing communications links.