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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Dominick J. Imbsei, Somerset, NJ (US);
Steven R. Johnson, Monmouth, NJ (US);
Gerald Nykolak, Nassau, NY (US);
Bruce D. Paulson, Hunterdon, NJ (US);
Paul F. Szajowski, Morris, NJ (US);
Gerald E. Tourgee, Morris, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
In the method and apparatus for providing an optical fiber interconnect, a transmitter transmits an optical signal through an optical fiber. The transmitter does not transmit to a controller, information about the power of the transmitted optical signal near the input end of the fiber. The controller receives an indication of the power of a returned portion of the transmitted optical signal. The controller causes the lowering of the power of the transmitted optical signal to a predetermined level based the received indication.