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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 1990
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1987
Maurice Pessot, Rochester, NY (US);
Gerard A Mourou, Rochester, NY (US);
The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for transmitting high energy subpicosecond pulses through single-mode optical fiber without stimulating nonlinear effects as are caused by self-phase modulation or Raman generation, which method increases the average power handling capacity of the fiber. The optical pulses, which may be modulated to carry data, as by pulse code modulation, are increased in temporal width before launching into the fiber. The output pulses from the fiber are compressed. Since the nonlinear effects are related to the peak power of the pulses, these effects are avoided while increasing the average power and allowing the use of the available bandwidth of the fiber thereby enabling greater data transmission rates.