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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2006
John Christopher Mauro, Painted Post, NY (US);
Srikanth Raghavan, Ithaca, NY (US);
John Christopher Mauro, Painted Post, NY (US);
Srikanth Raghavan, Ithaca, NY (US);
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber system comprising: (i) a dispersion pre-compensator including dispersion compensating fiber DCF characterized by the overall dispersion value Dat the operating wavelength λ; and (ii) a passive optical network (PON) including a plurality of transmission paths provided by a plurality of optical fibers, said plurality of transmission paths having a minimum and maximum dispersion value Dand D; wherein the dispersion pre-compensator includes an output port operatively coupled to an input port of the a passive optical network and −D<D<−D.