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Optical trunk transmission system and an optical repeater circuit
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1992-10-21
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Granted: 1995-02-21
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Expires: 2012-10-21
Abstract
Abstract The object of this invention is to offer an optical transmission system that can perform not only amplification of optical signal level but also dispersion pre-equalization, as the signals are optical. In this invention, optical power level of an optical signal propagating through the dispersion medium 101a is amplified in the optical amplifier 102, the signal becomes the optical signal a. The phase modulator driving circuit 104 outputs a signal corresponding to the envelope signal of the optical signal a. The optical phase modulator 103 charged the signal phase-modulates the input optical signal a, outputs the optical signal d which is performed dispersion pre-equalization to dispersion medium 101b.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuhisa Kaede
- 👤 Isamu Takano
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 04:15
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04B; H04B10/00; H04B10/25; H04B10/2507; H04B10/2513; H04B10/25133; H04B10/25137; H04B10/29; H04B10/291; H04B10/299; H04B2210/00; H04B2210/25; H04B2210/254; H04B2210/258
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
70 words
An optical signal transmission method for transmitting an amplitude modulated optical signal through a dispersion medium comprising the steps of: (a) generating a phase modulation signal having a frequency corresponding to a fundamental frequency of an envelope of amplitude modulation signal of said amplitude modulated optical signal; and (b) phase modulating said amplitude modulated optical signal by said phase modulation signal and outputting a resultant signal to said dispersion medium.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
70 words
An optical signal transmission method for transmitting an amplitude modulated optical signal through a dispersion medium comprising the steps of: (a) generating a phase modulation signal having a frequency corresponding to a fundamental frequency of an envelope of amplitude modulation signal of said amplitude modulated optical signal; and (b) phase modulating said amplitude modulated optical signal by said phase modulation signal and outputting a resultant signal to said dispersion medium.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
The optical signal transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said amplitude modulation signal is an RZ signal and said phase modulation signal is a sine wave.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The optical signal transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said amplitude modulation signal is an NRZ signal, and said phase modulation signal is obtained by equalizing and amplifying said NRZ signal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The optical signal transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said amplitude modulation signal is an NRZ signal and said phase modulation signal is obtained by discriminating said NRZ signal and waveform equalizing said discriminated signal.
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