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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
May. 20, 2002
Paul M. Lundquist, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard J. Frost, Cary, NC (US);
Marc Levesque, San Jose, CA (US);
Paul M. Lundquist, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard J. Frost, Cary, NC (US);
Marc Levesque, San Jose, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Abstract
Described herein are one or more embodiments of a system and method for managing power in an optical network using a variable optical attenuator (VOA). In one embodiment, the attenuation of the VOA is controlled in a feedback loop in accordance with a plural zone method. In one example, the VOA is a mechanical VOA. In another example, the VOA is a latching VOA.
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