1983-06-02
1985-12-24
Sikes, William L.
350320, G02B 514
Patent
active
045602468
ABSTRACT:
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering, which occurs when light of narrow linewidth and above a threshold power is launched into a low loss optical fiber, is suppressed by time-varying the phase angle of the transmitted light waves.
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British Telecommunications
Sikes William L.
Ullah Akm E.
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