摘要:
A semiconductor optical amplifier (10) is utilized for optical amplification and for detection of an optical signal (12) at the current injection electrode (14) of the optical amplifier (10). A wide detection bandwidth is provided by utilizing an impedance transformer (26) between the current injection terminal (22) and the detection circuit (28). The impedance transformer (26) typically has an input impedance of about 1 to 15 ohms. The impedance transformer (26) can be a bipolar junction transistor circuit, a microstrip transmission line impedance transformer or a hybrid impedance transformer. A wide detection bandwidth is also obtained by providing a semiconductor optical amplifier (10) having two current injection electrodes. A bias current (20) is supplied through both current injection electrodes, and both electrodes produce optical gain. However, only one of the electrodes is used for optical signal detection. The detection electrode has a relatively high junction resistance and a relatively high series resistance.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical amplifier (10) is utilized for optical amplification and for detection of an optical signal (12) at the current injection electrode (14) of the optical amplifier (10). A wide detection bandwidth is provided by utilizing an impedance transformer (26) between the current injection terminal (22) and the detection circuit (28). The impedance transformer (26) typically has an input impedance of about 1 to 15 ohms. The impedance transformer (26) can be a bipolar junction transistor circuit, a microstrip transmission line impedance transformer or a hybrid impedance transformer. A wide detection bandwidth is also obtained by providing a semiconductor optical amplifier (10) having two current injection electrodes. A bias current (20) is supplied through both current injection electrodes, and both electrodes produce optical gain. However, only one of the electrodes is used for optical signal detection. The detection electrode has a relatively high junction resistance and a relatively high series resistance.
摘要:
This invention disclosure describes the application of a polarization insensitive acoustically-tuned optical filter (250) used in a multichannel WDM system to equalize variations in the power level of the WDM channels. The invention also describes a simple means for providing a low frequency control system which enables the equalizer to determine the signal levels of N optical carriers prior to equalizing the signals.
摘要:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for signaling a switch (240, 460, 560) of the target destination of a data packet (100) having a header (110) specifying the destination address and an information frame (120). The data packet (100) along with a separate instance of the header (110) is subcarrier multiplexed and simultaneously transmitted. The separate header (110) is transmitted at a lower speed than the data packet (100) permitting detection and processing by less expensive receivers.
摘要:
An optical communication system (Figs. 1-4, 6-7) which includes an optical transmitter (Fig. 1) for transmitting an optical signal through a single-mode optical fiber (22, 88) to an optical receiver (Figs. 3, 9, 10). The optical transmitter includes an optical source for generating a light beam. The optical source is preferably a high speed laser diode (20, 86) emitting in a spectral range of 1.3 - 1.6 micrometers. The light beam is intensity modulated with a composite modulation signal comprising one or more modulated microwave subcarriers and a baseband digital signal. The microwave subcarriers are typically in the frequency range between 2 and 20 gigahertz, and the baseband digital signal is typically a time-multiplexed signal carrying multiple voice and data channels. By simultaneously transmitting a baseband digital signal and multiple microwave subcarriers on a single optical fiber, the information-carrying capacity of the optical communication system is increased.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical amplifier (10) is utilized for optical amplification and for detection of an optical signal (12) at the current injection electrode (14) of the optical amplifier (10). A wide detection bandwidth is provided by utilizing an impedance transformer (26) between the current injection terminal (22) and the detection circuit (28). The impedance transformer (26) typically has an input impedance of about 1 to 15 ohms. The impedance transformer (26) can be a bipolar junction transistor circuit, a microstrip transmission line impedance transformer or a hybrid impedance transformer. A wide detection bandwidth is also obtained by providing a semiconductor optical amplifier (10) having two current injection electrodes. A bias current (20) is supplied through both current injection electrodes, and both electrodes produce optical gain. However, only one of the electrodes is used for optical signal detection. The detection electrode has a relatively high junction resistance and a relatively high series resistance.
摘要:
A method and apparatus is disclosed for signaling a switch (240, 460, 560) of the target destination of a data packet (100) having a header (110) specifying the destination address and an information frame (120). The data packet (100) along with a separate instance of the header (110) is subcarrier multiplexed and simultaneously transmitted. The separate header (110) is transmitted at a lower speed than the data packet (100) permitting detection and processing by less expensive receivers.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical amplifier includes an active region (10) having facets (24, 26) at opposite ends thereof which define an optical cavity having maximum optical gain at a gain peak waveleng λ pk . An antireflection coating (36, 38) on each of the facets has a wavelength λ min of minimum reflectivity that is separated in wavelength from the gain peak wavelength, preferably by about 5 to 30 nanometers. The optical amplifier is operated at a bias current greater than a stimulated emission threshold bias current of the device. The input optical signal has a wavelength at or near the wavelength λ min of minimum reflectivity of the antireflecton coatings (36, 38). The optical amplifier has an electrical bandwidth on the order of 1 to 10 GHz.
摘要:
This invention disclosure describes the application of a polarization insensitive acoustically-tuned optical filter (250) used in a multichannel WDM system to equalize variations in the power level of the WDM channels. The invention also describes a simple means for providing a low frequency control system which enables the equalizer to determine the signal levels of N optical carriers prior to equalizing the signals.