Abstract:
Improved cross-talk reduction with spatial multiplexing of a plurality of N beams in a beam transmission system comprising a sequence of confocally spaced lenses is accomplished by inserting saturable absorption cells in anti-nodal regions of the transmission system, at which regions the beams are spatially distinct. The beams are resolved at the output end into N separate beams. A similar arrangement can be employed using nonconfocally spaced lenses. In a pulse-code-modulation communication system, the saturable absorption cells sharpen the pulses time-wise as well as space-wise.
Abstract:
A coherent optical Raman oscillator is disclosed in which the tendency to filament formation is reduced without proportionally impairing stimulated Raman scattering strength by employing a colloidal suspension or emulsion of Raman-active particles in an inactive medium or of colloidal-size inactive particles in a Raman-active medium. Other bodies of size smaller than a wavelength of Raman-scattered light may also be used.