Forster Energy LLC

Kestrel Solutions, Inc.

Shin-Sheng Tarng

Peter H Chang

Ting K Yee

Slava Yazhgur

Ji Li

Norman L Swenson

Matthew Charles Bashaw

James F Coward

Laurence J Newell

Gregory M Cutler

Michael W Rowan

A transmitter subsystem generates an optical signal which contains multiple subbands of information. The subbands have different polarization. For example, in one approach, two or more optical transmitters generate optical signals which have different polarization. An optical combiner optically combines the optical signals into a composite optical signal for transmission across an optical fiber. In another aspect, each optical transmitter generates an optical signal containing both a lower optical sideband and an upper optical sideband (i.e., a double sideband optical signal). An optical filter selects the upper optical sideband of one optical signal and the lower optical sideband of another optical signal to produce a composite optical signal.

Optical communications using multiplexed single sideband transmission and heterodyne detection

A device is used to wavelength lock two optical signals to some frequency offset. A photomixer section produces a frequency test signal from the beat component of the two optical signals. The frequency of the frequency test signal reflects whether the actual frequency offset of the two optical signals equals the desired offset. A frequency filter with a monotonically varying transfer function is used to filter the frequency test signal. Thus, different gains are applied to different frequencies. Comparison circuitry uses the filtered signal to determine whether the frequency filter applied the gain which corresponds to the desired frequency offset and generates a corresponding error signal.

Wavelength-locking of optical sources

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Shin-Sheng Tarng