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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2004
Filed:
May. 02, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lev Altman, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Sonali Banerjee, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Diego Fernando Grosz, Middletown, NJ (US);
Stefan Hunsche, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Taras Igorevich Lakoba, Morganville, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ; H04B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ; H04B 1/000 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for modifying the extinction ratio of a modulated optical signal by adapting a modulator driver signal in response to differences in spectral regions of the modulated optical signal. In another embodiment for modifying the extinction ratio of a modulated optical signal, a modulator signal is adapted in response to differences between a profile of the modulated optical signal and a desired profile.