Opto-electronic devices and systems based on brillouin selective sideband amplification
US6178036A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 14, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 23, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 14, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/2916
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Opto-electronic devices and techniques using Brillouin scattering to select a sideband in a modulated optical carrier signal for amplification. Two lasers respectively provide a carrier signal beam and a Brillouin pump beam which are fed into an Brillouin optical medium in opposite directions. The relative frequency separation between the lasers is adjusted to align the frequency of the backscattered Brillouin signal with a desired sideband in the carrier signal to effect a Brillouin gain on the sideband. This effect can be used to implement photonic RF signal mixing and conversion with gain, conversion from phase modulation to amplitude modulation, photonic RF frequency multiplication, optical and RF pulse generation and manipulation, and frequency-locking of lasers.
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