Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element
Patent
1996-01-16
1998-04-07
Negash, Kinfe-Michael
Optical: systems and elements
Deflection using a moving element
Using a periodically moving element
359181, 372 96, H04B 1000
Patent
active
057371091
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for transmitting an analog signal over an optical fiber cable is disclosed. A semiconductor laser provides an optical carrier signal, the laser having the natural linewidth at high power of the same order as the SBS linewidth. The method comprises directly modulating the current of the laser with a dither signal comprising a first component f.sub.C and a second component f.sub.S. Due to the nonlinearity of the "I-V" characteristic of the laser, a thermal modulation component f.sub.T appears in the active region. This thermal modulation component reshapes the spectrum of the semiconductor laser to increase the threshold of the SBS. As a result, the energy of the signal transmitted over the optical cable may be increased by approximately 16 dB. The first frequency is at least twice the maximum frequency of the analog signal and the second frequency is selected to obtain f.sub.C -f.sub.S =f.sub.T.
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Diaconescu Aprilia U.
Negash Kinfe-Michael
Northern Telecom Limited
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