Patents Assigned to Broadwing Corporation
  • Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods
    Patent number: 7088500
    Abstract: Optical systems of the present invention includes power sources that provide dedicated and shared power to a plurality of optical amplification sections. In various embodiments, multiple optical pump sources are provided the include a plurality of optical sources, which supply dedicated optical pump power and shared optical pump power to two or more optical amplification sections. In other embodiments, remote dispersion compensation is performed and Raman amplification is provided to overcome at least a portion of the loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: Broadwing Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas D. Stephens
  • Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods
    Publication number: 20050259316
    Abstract: Optical systems of the present invention includes power sources that provide dedicated and shared power to a plurality of optical amplification sections. In various embodiments, multiple optical pump sources are provided the include a plurality of optical sources, which supply dedicated optical pump power and shared optical pump power to two or more optical amplification sections. In other embodiments, remote dispersion compensation is performed and Raman amplification is provided to overcome at least a portion of the loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Broadwing Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas Stephens
  • Optical communication systems including optical amplifiers and amplification methods
    Patent number: 6934077
    Abstract: Optical systems of the present invention includes power sources that provide dedicated and shared power to a plurality of optical amplification sections. In various embodiments, multiple optical pump sources are provided the include a plurality of optical sources, which supply dedicated optical pump power and shared optical pump power to two or more optical amplification sections. In other embodiments, remote dispersion compensation is performed and Raman amplification is provided to overcome at least a portion of the loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Broadwing Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas D. Stephens