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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
Applicants:
Poh-boon Phua, Singapore, SG;
Hermann A. Haud, Lexington, MA (US);
Inventors:
Poh-Boon Phua, Singapore, SG;
Hermann A. Haud, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/18 (2006.01); H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/12 (2006.01); H04B 10/04 (2006.01); H04B 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A polarization mode dispersion (PMD) feedforward compensator compensates first and second order PMD. An optical signal is provided to a PMD detector that senses first and second order PMD in the optical signal and produces control signals for the PMD compensator. The PMD compensator comprises, in series, a first polarization controller, an adjustable delay, a second polarization controller, a first fixed delay, a third polarization controller and a second fixed delay.