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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2002
Cenk Argon, Atlanta, GA (US);
Steven William Mclaughlin, Decatur, GA (US);
Ketan Patel, Yardley, PA (US);
Stephen E. Ralph, Atlanta, GA (US);
Cenk Argon, Atlanta, GA (US);
Steven William McLaughlin, Decatur, GA (US);
Ketan Patel, Yardley, PA (US);
Stephen E. Ralph, Atlanta, GA (US);
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system is described that includes a system for correcting modal dispersion and errors in an optical fiber system. The system includes a multisegment photodetector coupled to an end of an optical fiber for detecting optical signals exiting the optical fiber and for converting the optical signals to an electrical output, the multisegment photodetector including a plurality of photodetector regions configured such that one of the plurality of photodetectors regions intercepts a mode in a manner distinct from another of the plurality of photodetectors. The system also includes logic configured to receive a resultant signal output from the photodetector regions and provide forward error correction decoding of the resultant signal.