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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2001
Glenn E. Kohnke, Painted Post, NY (US);
Daniel M. Boland, Pomfret Ctr., CT (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a chromatic dispersion compensator. The chromatic dispersion compensator includes a first 3-port optical circulator, a first grating coupled to the second optical port of the first 3-port optical circulator. A polarization controller is coupled to the third optical port of the first 3-port optical circulator. The chromatic dispersion compensator further includes a second 3-port optical circulator, the polarization controller is coupled to the first optical port of the second 3-port optical circulator and a second grating is coupled to the second optical port of the second 3-port optical circulator.