Optical communications using heterodyne detection
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    发明授权
    Optical communications using heterodyne detection 有权
    使用外差检测的光通信

    公开(公告)号:US07209660B1

    公开(公告)日:2007-04-24

    申请号:US09728373

    申请日:2000-11-28

    摘要: An optical communications system includes a receiver subsystem with at least two heterodyne receivers. The receiver subsystem receives a composite optical signal having two or more subbands of information and corresponding tones. An optical splitter splits the composite optical signal into optical signals. Each optical signal includes a subband(s) and corresponding tone. Each heterodyne receiver receives an optical signal. The receiver includes a heterodyne detector coupled to a signal extractor. The heterodyne detector mixes the optical signal with an optical local oscillator to produce an electrical signal which includes a frequency down-shifted version of the subband and the tone of the optical signal. The signal extractor mixes the frequency down-shifted subband with the frequency down-shifted tone to produce a frequency component containing the information.

    摘要翻译: 光通信系统包括具有至少两个外差接收器的接收器子系统。 接收器子系统接收具有两个或多个信息子带和对应音调的复合光信号。 光分路器将复合光信号分解为光信号。 每个光信号包括一个子带和相应的音调。 每个外差接收器接收光信号。 接收机包括耦合到信号提取器的外差检测器。 外差检测器将光学信号与光学本地振荡器混合以产生包括子带的频率下变换版本和光信号的色调的电信号。 信号提取器将频移下变频子频带与下变频音调混合以产生包含信息的频率分量。