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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Chandra Sekhar Jasti, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hermann Gysel, San Jose, CA (US);
Mani Ramachandran, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra Sekhar Jasti, Cupertino, CA (US);
Hermann Gysel, San Jose, CA (US);
Mani Ramachandran, San Jose, CA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A dispersion compensator is provided that includes an input portfor receiving a WDM optical signal and a dispersion compensating elementcoupled to the input port for substantially compensating the WDM optical signal for dispersion that has accumulated along an external transmission path. The dispersion compensator also includes an output portfor directing the dispersion compensated WDM optical signal to an external element and a dynamic power controllerfor maintaining a total power of the WDM signal below a prescribed level prior to receipt of the WDM optical signal by the dispersion compensating element.