Patents by Inventor C. Kent Gardiner

C. Kent Gardiner has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems, devices, and methods for controlling non-linear optical interactions
    Patent number: 7406264
    Abstract: An optical communications system, comprising a first node, first dispersion compensation fiber located in the first node, wherein the first dispersion compensation fiber induces dispersion onto optical signals passing through the first dispersion compensation fiber, a second node, a plurality of spans between the first and second nodes, and second dispersion compensation fiber located in at least one of the spans, wherein the second dispersion compensation fiber induces dispersion onto optical signals passing through the second dispersion compensation fiber, and wherein the dispersion induced by the second dispersion compensation fiber is opposite in sign to that induced by the first dispersion compensation fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Assignee: Broadwing Corporation
    Inventors: Sandra F. Feldman, C. Kent Gardiner