Optical communications – Receiver – Including postcompensation
Reexamination Certificate
2006-07-04
2006-07-04
Pascal, Leslie (Department: 2633)
Optical communications
Receiver
Including postcompensation
C398S081000, C398S091000, C398S192000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07072592
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus provides an optical wavelength division multiplexed signal having 2M optical channels such that each of M information-bearing signals are differentially encoded onto 2 of the 2M optical channels. In particular, the apparatus comprises M inverters, 2M electrical-to-optical converters and a multiplexer. Each electrical-to-optical converter provides an optical signal at a different one of 2M wavelengths. The apparatus receives the M information-bearing signals and (a) creates M optical signals, each at a different wavelength, by converting each of the M information bearing signals into the optical domain via M of the 2M electrical-to-optical converters, and (b) creates M inverted optical signals, each at a different wavelength, by first inverting each of the M information bearing signals (via the M inverters) before conversion into the optical domain via the remaining M electrical-to-optical converters. The M optical signals along with the M inverted optical signals are then applied to the multiplexer, which provides an optical wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signal having 2M channels.
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Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Pascal Leslie
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