Apparatus for demultiplexing an optical digital signal
US5774246A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 30, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/08
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A demultiplexing apparatus is disclosed which comprises a pulse generator (4), a phase control device (3), and an optical switching device (1), e.g., a NOLM. The phase control device (3) controls the pulse generator (4), whose pulse initiates switching operations in the optical switching device (1) depending on the magnitude of an electric signal derived from the output (8) of the optical switching device (1). The phase control device (3) includes a noise source (26) which disturbs the pulse in a defined manner.
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