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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An optical sending apparatus of this invention includes a plurality of optical signal generating sections, a dispersion compensating section and a wavelength multiplexing section. The dispersion compensating section performs compensation with a predetermined chromatic dispersion value to at least one of polarized light generated by the optical signal generating sections while a predetermined state of polarized light is maintained. The wavelength multiplexing section combines output light outputted from the optical signal generating section with output light passing through the dispersion compensating section so that the polarized light of adjacent wavelengths crosses orthogonal to each other. The optical sending apparatus having such a construction can generate high-density WDM optical signals, the dispersion of which is compensated in advance, by a polarization crossing method.