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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8155531 | Tunable photonic integrated circuits Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) may include transmit and receive PICs that include individually tunable optical elements. In one implementation, a device may include a number of optical elements that form a number of optical channels. Tuners may be used to modif... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8145065 | Low-frequency signal optical transmission system and low-frequency signal optical transmission method The system includes: a two-light wave generator for generating light beams having wavelengths λ1 and λ2 that are spaced apart by a frequency of a signal M1 from a laser; a photodetector for detecting a signal M2 from the light b... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8045861 | Method and system for spectral suppression of noise in a communication signal A method and system for spectral suppression of a noise in a communication signal. The method includes transmitting a communication signal through a plurality of rejection filters to create a plurality of spectral holes over a spectrum of the communication signal. T... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7974541 | High frequency signal optical transmission system and high frequency signal optical transmission method A filter conducts the round trip by using the return optical signal that has been shifted in frequency, and measures the transmission optical signal and the return signal in phase by the principle of the Michelson interferometer at the same time, independently, and ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7889995 | In-service optical dispersion determining system and method A system and method for in-service optical dispersion determination are provided. Optical dispersion is determined by splitting a first optical signal into two components, introducing a time delay between the two components such that corresponding pulses of the two ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7869716 | Method and apparatus for broadband mitigation of polarization mode dispersion Described is a method and system for reducing system penalty from polarization mode dispersion. The method includes receiving a plurality of signals at a receiving end of a transmission line, each signal being received on one of a plurality of channels of the transm... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7853151 | Optical communication system, method, and optical transmitting station In an optical communication system, a pre-compensation is conducted for an influence of a polarization dispersion and a polarization dependent loss, which an optical signal transmitted from a transmitter station to a receiver station receives from a communication ch... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7840139 | Single fiber duplex optical transport The invention pertains to optical fiber transmission systems, and is particularly relevant to optical transport systems employing optical amplifiers. In particular the invention teaches an apparatus and method that allows cost effective co-directional operation of a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7796894 | Reduction of noise and polarization mode dispersion (PMD) based on optical polarization stabilizer in fiber transmission This application describes devices and techniques for dynamically controlling polarization light at one or more locations along the optical transmission path to reduce optical noise and PMD in the optical signal. One device according to an implementation includes a ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7796895 | Method and system for dynamic dispersion compensation A dynamic dispersion compensation system and method are provided. The method dynamically compensates for dispersion in an optical signal by recovering a first clock and a second clock from a first polarization component and a second polarization component of the opt... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7769302 | Method and apparatus for adjusting for polarization-induced, optical signal transients The invention includes methods and apparatuses to adjust an optical signal transmitted through an optical amplifier, such as in a wavelength division multiplexed optical network. The methods and apparatus of the invention calculate polarization effects which cause d... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7646987 | Open path laser/optical communication systems and methods utilizing wavelengths between atmospheric and gaseous absorption lines An open-path optical communication system has either optical or laser sources and communicates between the source and a detector. In a first embodiment, the laser source includes a gas cell in the laser cavity to regulate laser wavelengths based on the minimum absor... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7636524 | All-optical timing jitter measurement system and method A timing jitter measurement system and method is provided that acquires the timing jitter in an all-optical fashion, by extracting the timing jitter probability distribution function using auto-correlation and cross-correlation data. This makes the system and method... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634198 | In-line distortion cancellation circuits for linearization of electronic and optical signals with phase and frequency adjustment A distortion circuit is provided for correcting the distortion from a nonlinear circuit element by generating a frequency dependent signal having a sign opposite to the distortion signal produced by the nonlinear circuit and substantially the same magnitude. The dis... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7634199 | Optical communication system and optical transmitting apparatus for the same An optical communication system includes an optical transmission apparatus and an optical receiving apparatus. The optical transmission apparatus includes an input port to receive an electric signal, a noise generator to generate noise, a transmission signal generat... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7616901 | Countermeasures for idle pattern SRS interference in ethernet optical network systems Optical networks as defined by the IEEE 802.3ah standard suffer from Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) that causes data transmission at a first optical wavelength to interfere with broadcast video transmission at a second optical wavelength in single mode optical fi... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7587143 | System and method for improved coherent pulsed communication system having spectrally shaped pulses Disclosed are systems and methods for improving communication in an optical communication system having spectrally shaped pulses. Embodiments of the systems and methods include sending a first spectrally shaped pulse over a channel connecting a transmitter and a rec... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7570888 | High power, optically-linearized microwave fiber optic link with suppression of fiber induced distortion Techniques and system implementations for fiber optic transmission systems for suppressing fiber induced distortions and modulation-induced distortions as well as increasing the link power and RF gain. ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7565083 | Wavelength shifting in an optical network route to mitigate distortion in different types of fiber An optical network route and method are disclosed that mitigate distortion in a route having different types of fibers. For an optical network route that includes a plurality of fiber spans of a first type and a fiber span of a second type, assume that the optical n... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7450856 | Dispersion compensating method and dispersion compensating apparatus A dispersion compensating method for compensating wavelength dispersion occurring in an optical transmission line, includes the steps of: a) performing dispersion compensation by causing an optical signal, supplied from the transmission line, to pass through a varia... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444082 | Polarisation mode dispersion compensator using a mean square error technique A method for the adaptive adjustment of a PMD compensator in optical fiber communication systems comprises the steps of taking the signal at the compensator output and extracting the components y1(t) and y2(t) on the two orthogonal polarization... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7440702 | Method for transmitting digital image signal, digital image transmitting device, digital image sending device and digital image receiver A multiplexer of a transmission section generates a clock signal by multiplying a reference clock signal of a digital image signal by a predetermined number ‘K’. A parallel digital image signal is converted into a serial digital signal on the basis of the clock ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7437083 | Wavelength converter A wavelength converter for binary optical signals includes an interferometer structure (110) for generating an output signal by modulating a received local signal (LS) according to the modulation of a fUrther received first input signal (IS 1). When su... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426350 | Hybrid optical and electrical fiber optic link linearizer Techniques and systems for reducing nonlinear distortions in an output optical beam from an optical transmitter by using both electrical pre-distortion compensation and optical compensation. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424229 | Methods and apparatus for Raman crosstalk reduction via idle data pattern control Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing Raman crosstalk in a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical fiber transmission system that transmits a multiplex of channels. Idle data is sent over one or more of the channels of the WDM system in order to mai... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7424228 | High dynamic range radio frequency to optical link A communication system includes an optical transmitter which is differentially driven and an optical receiver that outputs a differential signal. The optical transmitter creates the differential drive signal from an input signal and delivers the differential drive s... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421209 | Optical wavelength multiplexing FSK modulation method An optical wavelength multiplexing frequency shift keying modulation system. The system includes an optical wavelength multiplexing signal acquisition unit for outputting an optical wavelength multiplexing signal. A n optical frequency shift keying modulation unit a... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418206 | Control method of wavelength dispersion compensator, and wavelength dispersion compensator It is an object of the present invention to provide a control technique for reducing wavelength dependence of wavelength dispersion values and also for suppressing a change in wavelength transmission characteristic with a temperature variation or the like, in a VIPA... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7418212 | Electrical detection of optical symbols A system and method for detecting digital symbols carried in a received optical signal. The system comprises a functional element operative to receive a stream of samples of an electrical signal derived from the received optical signal and to evaluate a non-linear f... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7412125 | Optical dispersion compensation A method of providing dispersion compensation includes providing a dispersion signal indicative of an amount of dispersion for at least one channel of a multi-channel optical signal. A dispersion compensator is controlled in accordance with the dispersion signal to ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412174 | Method and apparatus for distortion control for optical transmitters A method of manufacturing an optical transmitter includes assembling a laser device on a module including a temperature sensor and a temperature controller. An optimum operating temperature of the laser to minimize optical distortion is determined at a temperature w... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412136 | Super-resolution optical components and left-handed materials thereof Super-resolution optical components and left-handed materials thereof are provided. A left-handed material includes a substrate, a plurality of deformed split ring resonators (DSRR), and a plurality of metallic bars, wherein the DSRR and the metallic bars are dispos... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7409163 | Method and apparatus for optical signal transmission A method and apparatus for transmission of optical signals across an optical transmission link wherein duobinary signals or inverse-data signals are transmitted when the chromatic dispersion of the transmission link is above or below a dispersion threshold, respecti... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7403714 | All optical chromatic and polarization mode dispersion correctors The present invention provides an all optical system for correcting optical dispersions including at least one optical chopping device having an input terminal for receiving a first signal, which has been broadened by optical dispersions and corresponds to an optica... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403717 | Method and apparatus for first-order polarization mode dispersion compensation Method and apparatus for compensating for first-order Polarization Mode Dispersion in an optical transmission system. An apparatus has a polarization controller for transforming polarization components of an optical signal carried by the optical fiber into orthogona... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400835 | WDM system having chromatic dispersion precompensation Chromatic dispersion in a high speed CS-RZ WDM transmission system is reduced by providing tailored “precompensation” for individual and/or groups of optical signals. Such precompensation is achieved by passing the optical signals through a dispersion compensati... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7400831 | Method of detecting the presence of cross-talk and apparatus therefor A control loop detects the presence of cross-talk between first, second and third adjacent amplitude modulated wavelength division modulated channels of an optical communications system. A receiver including a demultiplexer, such as an Arrayed Waveguide Grating (AWG... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7398022 | Optical return-to-zero phase-shift keying with improved transmitters An apparatus and a method for transmitting at least a digital optical signal with return-to-zero phase-shift keying, employing a single optical modulator with dual-drive design, the encoded optical signal having improved spectral efficiency and performances and bein... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394986 | Flat top optical filtering component The invention relates to wavelength-selective optical filters for allowing light of a narrow optical spectral band, centered around a wavelength (λc) to pass through them, while reflecting the wavelengths lying outside this band. According to the inventi... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389047 | Optical ring transmission network The network comprises an optical ring link (F) and a concentrator (HUB) that sends via one end of the link “downlink” optical signals carried by respective wavelengths and receives “uplink” optical signals via the other end of the link. The link is divided i... | 06/17/2008 |
