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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/012 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/012 ;
Abstract
A polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation arrangement receives an optical input data signal which has been subjected to PMD. The arrangement comprises an adaptive chromatic dispersion compensator ( ) and a first-order PMD compensator ( ) in series, wherein the adaptive chromatic dispersion compensator is controlled to provide compensation for both chromatic dispersion and second order PMD. The compensation arrangement is used in a node of an optical network.