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US 6,660,990 B2Granted
Optical amplification and receiving system and method
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorsDavid W. Boertjes, Gary Mak
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Abstract
Optical receiving methods and systems are disclosed. One such optical receiving system includes an optical amplifier operable to produce amplified optical signals satisfying a filterless detection specification limit, and an optical detector locatable in unfiltered communication with the optical amplifier to receive the amplified optical signals therefrom.
Claims26
An optical receiving method comprising:
- producing amplified optical signals satisfying a filterless detection specification limit, at an optical amplifier;
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- receiving said amplified optical signals at an optical detector in unfiltered communication with said optical amplifier.
An optical receiving system comprising:
- an optical amplifier operable to produce amplified optical signals satisfying a filterless detection specification limit;
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- an optical detector locatable in unfiltered communication with said optical amplifier to receive said amplified optical signals therefrom.
An optical receiving system comprising:
- means for producing amplified optical signals satisfying a filterless detection specification limit;
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- means for receiving said amplified optical signals, in unfiltered communication with said means for producing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.