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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2007
Dmitri A. Oulianov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stefan Marzenell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Boggy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Dmitri A. Oulianov, Mountain View, CA (US);
Stefan Marzenell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Boggy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Newport Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed to an apparatus and method for the automated compensation of dispersion over a broad wavelength range for coherent optical pulses. In one embodiment, the present application discloses an automatic dispersion compensating optical apparatus configured to change chirp introduced into an optical signal by an optical system in optical communication with the dispersion compensating optical apparatus and includes at least one wavelength-tunable source of coherent optical pulses configured to output at least one optical signal, at least one dispersion compensation device configured to receive the optical signal from the coherent source, and at least one controller in communication with the dispersion compensation device and configured to adjust chirp introduced into the optical signal by the dispersion compensation device as the wavelength of the optical signal is varied.