Multi-tone phase modulation for light wave communication system

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An optical transmission system enables launching at least 17 dBm of optical power at 1550 nm wavelength into an e.g. 50 km long span of standard telecommunications single-mode optical fiber, without incurring unacceptable penalties from stimulated Brillouin scattering, damage to optical phase modulators from excessive drive power or thermal effects, or signal degradations caused by the SBS suppression. High frequency modulation of the laser drive current is combined with lower frequency modulation of the phase of the laser output light that is itself varied over a range of approximately 25 MHz. This two tone modulation raises the SBS threshold to greater than 17 dBm in the 1550 nm wavelength region when the laser has a line width less than 10 MHz, under cw operation. By thereby dividing the task of spectral partitioning between the laser and the phase modulator, the RF input power level to the phase modulator is manageable and the laser operates in a regime that does not cause clipping.

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