Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element
Patent
1997-06-23
2000-06-06
Mullen, Thomas
Optical: systems and elements
Deflection using a moving element
Using a periodically moving element
359187, H04B 1004
Patent
active
060726164
ABSTRACT:
The linearity and noise performance of an inexpensive optical signal source are improved using either feedback or feedforward correction techniques. In a feedback embodiment of the invention, a modulation signal, such as a broadband analog CATV signal, is applied to the optical source along with an error signal. The error signal is generated in a feedback path using a high-speed photodiode to detect a portion of the output optical signal generated by the optical source. A delay compensation filter in the feedback path corrects for variations in error signal delay as a function of frequency, such that source nonlinearity and noise may be corrected over a broad bandwidth. In a feedforward embodiment of the invention, an error signal generated from a portion of the output of the optical source is converted to a frequency band outside of the modulation signal bandwidth before being applied to an input of the optical source. A receiver receiving the optical signal detects both the converted error signal and the modulation signal, and uses the detected error signal to correct the detected modulation signal for the nonlinearity and noise effects of the optical source. The invention allows inexpensive optical sources, such as digital-grade DFB laser diodes or Fabry-Perot laser diodes, to be used in place of expensive highly-linear, low-noise sources in analog signal transmission and other important applications.
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Cohen Yacov
Wood Thomas Huntington
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Mullen Thomas
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