The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 02, 2004
Aref Chowdhury, Springfield, NJ (US);
Rene′-jean Essiambre, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Gregory Raybon, Shrewsbury, NJ (US);
Aref Chowdhury, Springfield, NJ (US);
Rene′-Jean Essiambre, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Gregory Raybon, Shrewsbury, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a non-solitonic all-optical communication path having serially connected first and second segments. The first segment end-couples to a lumped optical transmitter. The second segment end-couples to a lumped optical receiver. Each segment has a series of spans of transmission optical fibers. The all-optical communication path has an optical phase conjugator that optically end-couples the first segment to the second segment. The optical phase conjugator is positioned away from the path's midpoint.