Is a
Patent attributes
Current Assignee
Patent Jurisdiction
Patent Number
Patent Inventor Names
Donald E Ackley0
Scott L Rudder0
John C. Connolly0
Harald R. Guenther0
Date of Patent
March 3, 2015
0Patent Application Number
140246070
Date Filed
September 11, 2013
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for using a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) as an optical modulator for pulsed signals. In accordance with the principles of the invention, the SOA can be biased with a negative voltage to suppress transmission and improve modulator extinction and biased with a positive pulsed signal with sufficient amplitude to forward bias the amplifier (SOA), both transmitting the carrier and increasing its amplitude by means of a gain provided by the SOA under forward biased conditions. In addition, the forward bias voltage may be selected to compensate for losses within the SOA.
Timeline
No Timeline data yet.
Further Resources
No Further Resources data yet.
