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Method and apparatus for polarized optical telecommunications using ultrasonic modulation means

US5379357A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 1993
Grant dateJan 3, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/25
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method for optical telecommunication includes introducing a laser beam emitted from a light source at a first station into an optical fiber, providing an ultrasonic wave obtained by modulating a voice signal by a signal-applying-device at a work section to the optical fiber, modulating a polarized light passing through the optical fiber in amplitude and frequency, receiving the polarized light with the shifted wave plane at a light-receiving section in a second station, detecting at the light-receiving section in the second station the polarized light which has been modulated by the signal-applying device in the work section, and demodulating the polarized light to obtain a voice signal.

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