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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Alexei N. Pilipetskii, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Neal Bergano, Lincroft, NJ (US);
M. Imran Hayee, Woodstock, MD (US);
Bo Pedersen, Annapolis, MD (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus comprises operationally coupled optical fiber segments that define an optical sublink. The optical sublink has link spans including a first link span and a second link span. The first link span has an average dispersion with a magnitude greater than zero. The second link span has an average dispersion with a magnitude greater than zero. The optical sublink has an end-to-end dispersion less than an end-to-end dispersion tolerance limit.