Modulated light source with a linear transfer function

Details Modulated light source with a linear transfer function Modulated light source with a linear transfer function

1990-03-14

1996-08-20

Sikes, William L.

Optical waveguides

With optical coupler

385123, G02B 626

Patent

active

055472745

ABSTRACT:
Distortion in an optical transmission system is significantly reduced by the use of two modulatable optical sources with non-ideal transfer functions of electric signal to light. The output of the first modulator is sampled and then delayed using an optical delay line. The sampled signal is compared with the input signal to generate an electrical error signal. This error signal is then used to modulate the second optical source. The output of this second modulatable optical source is then combined with the delayed output from the first optical source in an optical coupler in such a way that the departures from linearity (which form the error signal) are removed, giving a linear transfer function of electric signal to light through the entire system. The first optical source is chosen to have high power and low noise. The second source is chosen to be low power, moderate noise. The error signal generator and optical combiner are chosen such that most of the final optical output comes from the first optical source, giving a linear, high power, low noise optical signal at the output of the system.

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