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Optical transmission

US4560246A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 2, 1983
Grant dateDec 24, 1985
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Expiry dateJun 2, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/2537
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Stimulated Brillouin Scattering, which occurs when light of narrow linewidth and above a threshold power is launched into a low loss optical fiber, is suppressed by time-varying the phase angle of the transmitted light waves.

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