Amplifiers – Parametric amplifiers – Semiconductor type
Patent
1985-05-01
1987-05-05
Moskowitz, Nelson
Amplifiers
Parametric amplifiers
Semiconductor type
332 751, 455601, H04B 900, G02B 514
Patent
active
046635963
ABSTRACT:
In a coherent optical transmission system an input optical signal is amplified by being frequency down converted to an intermediate frequency, for example by means of a photodiode (1) and a reference optical local oscillator signal, and the photodiode output current is amplified in a GaAs FET wideband amplifier (6) and inserted on an optical carrier signal comprised by the reference signal by means, for example, of an integrated optical single sideband modulator (up converter) (7). By use of the same optical local oscillator to drive both the photodiode down converter and the integrated optic single sideband up converter, input/output coherence is ensured. The optical local oscillator may be comprised by a GaAlAs laser (3) stabilized to an "atomic" standard (4,5). Channel dropping/insertion may be carried out at the intermediate frequency, for example following the amplifier (6).
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Moskowitz Nelson
Standard Telephones and Cables Public Limited Company
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