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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2009
Michael Vaa, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Franklin W. Kerfoot, Iii, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Georg H. Mohs, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Ekaterina A. Golovchenko, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Robert L. Lynch, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Stuart M. Abbott, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Howard D. Kidorf, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Bamdad Bakhshi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Michael Vaa, Little Silver, NJ (US);
Franklin W. Kerfoot, III, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Georg H. Mohs, East Brunswick, NJ (US);
Ekaterina A. Golovchenko, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Robert L. Lynch, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Stuart M. Abbott, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Howard D. Kidorf, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Bamdad Bakhshi, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method directed to testing and optimizing performance of an optical transmission system is disclosed, including at least one broadband dispersion compensation unit (DCU) or at least one depolarization device. The depolarization device may be used alone or in combination with the at least one broadband DCU. A method for optimizing performance of data channels in initial loading (IL) and full loading (FL) configurations of the optical transmission system is also disclosed.