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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2020
Apriori Network Systems, Llc., Bedminster, NJ (US);
Gary M. Weiner, Bedminster, NJ (US);
APRIORI NETWORK SYSTEMS, LLC., Bedminster, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for securing communication over an optical fiber are disclosed. The system includes a transmit spatial multiplexer configured to couple a plurality of optical signals into respective ones of a plurality of spatial paths of an optical fiber, each of the spatial paths being able to carry an optical signal; wherein at least one of the plurality of optical signals is an optically modulated version of a desired sequence of information that is intended to be transferred over the optical fiber; and wherein at least one of the plurality of optical signals is an optical chaff signal; whereby a tap along the fiber cannot determine the transmitted desired sequence of information.