ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,185, issued on June 3, was assigned to ADVA Optical Networking SE (Meiningen, Germany).
"Method for determining actual values of one or more characteristics of a phase-modulated optical signal" was invented by Tobias Fehenberger (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method for determining actual values of one or more characteristics of a phase-modulated optical signal. The method includes the steps of acquiring the phase-modulated optical signal by a non-linear device; generating an electrical spectrum based on the acquired phase-modulated optical signal; and extracting actual values of one or more characteristics of th...