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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2005
Applicants:
Gabriel Charlet, Villiers-le-Bacle, FR;
Erwan Corbel, Bourg-la-Reine, FR;
Inventors:
Gabriel Charlet, Villiers-le-Bacle, FR;
Erwan Corbel, Bourg-la-Reine, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating an optical transmission system is described. The transmission system is provided with a bit-to-bit polarization interleaved bitstream having a given bitrate. The transmission system comprises a birefringent element and/or a decision circuit. The birefringent element and/or the decision circuit are triggered by a trigger signal having a frequency of half of the bitrate.