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WDM optical communication system having a dispersion slope compensating element

  • US 6,522,455 B1
  • Filed: 02/17/2000
  • Issued: 02/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical device, comprising:

  • an optical splitter having an input port and a plurality of output ports, said input port being configured to receive a plurality of optical signals, each at a respective one of a plurality of wavelengths, each of said plurality of output ports supplying said optical signals in attenuated form; and

    a plurality of in-fiber Bragg gratings, each of which being coupled to a respective one of said plurality of output ports, each of said plurality of in-fiber Bragg gratings being configured to reflect a respective one of said plurality of optical signals and substantially compensate for a dispersion associated with said respective one of said plurality of optical signals.

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