Optical communication system

Details Optical communication system Optical communication system

1995-09-15

1997-07-15

Negash, Kinfe-Michael

Optical: systems and elements

Deflection using a moving element

Using a periodically moving element

359173, 359176, 359179, H04B 1000, H04B 1002

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056488637

ABSTRACT:
An optical communication system includes a directly modulated semiconductor laser (10), the output of which results in pulse shortening of light pulses corresponding to high level bits of a high frequency electrical digital modulating signal. A travelling wave laser amplifier (14) coupled to the laser provides an amplified modulated light signal to an optical channel (16), and an optical detector (18) converts a light signal received from the optical channel into an electrical signal. The amplifier has an overshoot characteristic which provides an extended output when overdriven by a high level optical input pulse, and the modulated laser is arranged to provide such high level pulses. The overshoot characteristic of the amplifier thus compensates for pulse shortening produced by the modulated laser in the case of isolated high level bits and the initial bit of a stream of high level bits. The invention also relates to a transmitter and to a repeater for use in such an optical communication system.

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`High Speed Multiple-Quantum-Well Optical Power Amplifier`. by Wiensenfeld et. al. at pp. 708 to 711 of IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, vol. 4 No. 7, Jul. 1992.

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