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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ulrich Gaubatz, München, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ;
Abstract
The bidirectional dispersion compensator comprises at least one circulator (Z,Z ,Z ,Z ) and at least one filter-coupler element (F , etc.). The optical signals (S ,S ) that are emitted in opposite directions are merged and sent to a compensation fiber (LK,LK , etc.) together, are reflected at the ends of this fiber, and are forwarded in the respective directions of transmission as dispersion-compensated optical signals (SK and SK ).