Optical waveguides – Temporal optical modulation within an optical waveguide
Reexamination Certificate
2005-05-31
2005-05-31
Healy, Brian M. (Department: 2883)
Optical waveguides
Temporal optical modulation within an optical waveguide
C385S002000, C385S005000, C385S024000, C385S031000, C398S183000, C398S186000, C398S187000, C372S093000, C372S094000, C372S097000, C359S334000, C359S341100, C359S346000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06901174
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relating to a device and method for multiplication of repetition frequency in optical pulse trains. The device and the method multiply repetition frequency of optical pulse train generated with ML-FRL with high stability. The device comprises an optical fiber ring composed of optical fibers, an optical amplifier and a modulator for optically modulating, and an electric signal generator generating high frequency signals. The device generates an optical pulse train of repeating frequency of fm, when applying electric signals of frequency of fmto the modulator. In addition to the construction, the stabilized optical pulse generator comprises a filter passing through frequencies of integer multiple of the applied modulation frequency fm, and a composite cavity composed of a plurality of optical fibers of which lengths are different each other. As frequency fc1of the ring fiber of the long cavity of the composite cavity and a resonant frequency fc2of the ring fiber of the short cavity of the composite cavity, a lowest common multiple frequency f′compositeof fc1and fc2, which is integer multiple of K×fm, the stabilised optical pulse generator makes the repetition frequencies of the generated optical pulses of P×K×fm(K, P: integer).
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Healy Brian M.
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
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