POSITIVELY CHIRPED SIGNALS IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS - Patent 1219049

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EP 1 219 049 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.09.2001

(43)	Date of publication:
	03.07.2002 Bulletin 2002/27

(21)	Application number: 00986183.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.08.2000

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04B 10/00, H04B 10/04, H04B 15/00, G02B 6/10, G01B 9/02, H01S 3/00, H01S 3/10

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US0023/314

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 0119/003 (15.03.2001 Gazette 2001/11)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

07.09.1999 US 152626 P
27.01.2000 US 178394 P
02.03.2000 US 186407 P
03.03.2000 US 186796 P

(71)	Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
	Corning, N.Y. 14831 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CONRADI, Jan Corning, NY 14870 (US) IOANNIS, Roudas North Brunswick, NJ 08902 (US) SHARMA, Manish North Brunswick, NJ 08902 (US)

(74)	Representative: Greene, Simon Kenneth
	Elkington and Fife,Prospect House,8 Pembroke Road Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR Sevenoaks,Kent TN13 1XR (GB)

(54)	POSITIVELY CHIRPED SIGNALS IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS