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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
Yoichi Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yoichi Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is a dispersion compensation device capable of varying dispersion compensation amount with a simple configuration. The device includes a first mode light conversion section capable of converting input light into light of higher mode, a dispersion compensation section capable of performing dispersion compensation on the higher mode light outputted from the first mode light conversion section corresponding to the status of mode of the higher mode light, a second mode light conversion section capable of converting the light of higher mode dispersion-compensated in the dispersion compensation section into light of original mode, and a mode control section capable of variably controlling the status of mode of the higher mode light converted in the first mode light conversion section, and controlling to convert the higher mode light from the dispersion compensation section to the light of original mode in the second mode light conversion section.