MODE DETECTION AND DELAY EQUALIZATION IN MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

摘要

This application describes a detector-equalizer circuit for equalizing the dispersion produced in a multimode optical fiber. The circuit comprises an array of photodetectors whose physical configurations conform to the radiation pattern at the end of the optical fiber. The photodetectors selectively respond to each of the modes or to groups of modes propagating along the fiber. The several output signals thus produced are delayed an appropriate amount relative to each other, and then combined in time coincidence in a common output circuit.