Patents by Inventor Gregory Bouquet

Gregory Bouquet 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).

  • Polarized lightwave reflectometry method (POTDR)
    Patent number: 7362427
    Abstract: A polarized lightwave reflectometry method including the steps of sending at least two polarized light signals into the optical fiber to be tested, the signals presenting a determined angular offset relative to each other so that the polarization mode dispersion coefficient remains independent of any rotation of polarization in the optical fiber under test; extracting a scalar parameter of the relative noise type for each trace obtained by back-scattering of the light signal; and estimating the polarization mode dispersion coefficient by a function having a single scalar input, which function is of the type based on exponentials and has the form exp (a+bP+cP?1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Draka Comteq B.V.
    Inventors: Philippe Fayolle, Yves Lumineau, Gregory Bouquet, Vanessa Durel
  • POLARIZED LIGHTWAVE REFLECTOMETRY METHOD (POTDR)
    Publication number: 20060285105
    Abstract: A polarized lightwave reflectometry method including the steps of sending at least two polarized light signals into the optical fiber to be tested, the signals presenting a determined angular offset relative to each other so that the polarization mode dispersion coefficient remains independent of any rotation of polarization in the optical fiber under test; extracting a scalar parameter of the relative noise type for each trace obtained by back-scattering of the light signal; and estimating the polarization mode dispersion coefficient by a function having a single scalar input, which function is of the type based on exponentials and has the form exp (a+bP+cP?1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Publication date: December 21, 2006
    Inventors: Philippe Fayolle, Yves Lumineau, Gregory Bouquet, Vanessa Durel
  • Polarized lightwave reflectometry method (POTDR)
    Patent number: 7126678
    Abstract: A polarized lightwave reflectometry method including the steps of sending at least two polarized light signals into the optical fiber to be tested, the signals presenting a determined angular offset relative to each other so that the polarization mode dispersion coefficient remains independent of any rotation of polarization in the optical fiber under test; extracting a scalar parameter of the relative noise type for each trace obtained by back-scattering of the light signal; and estimating the polarization mode dispersion coefficient by a function having a single scalar input, which function is of the type based on exponentials and has the form exp (a+bP+cP?1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Alcatel
    Inventors: Philippe Fayolle, Yves Lumineau, Gregory Bouquet, Vanessa Durel
  • Polarized lightwave reflectometry method (POTDR)
    Publication number: 20040046955
    Abstract: The invention proposes a polarized lightwave reflectometry method which is more accurate and which can be considered as genuinely quantitative, at least over a given range of polarization mode dispersions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: March 11, 2004
    Applicant: ALCATEL
    Inventors: Philippe Fayolle, Yves Lumineau, Gregory Bouquet, Vanessa Durel