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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1991
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Clinton R Giles, Middletown, NJ (US);
Tingye Li, Rumson, NJ (US);
Thomas H Wood, Highlands, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359174 ; 372-8 ; 372 18 ; 372 25 ; 372 70 ; 359900 ;
Abstract
An optical communication system is disclosed including an all-optical device whose output modulated optical beam is locked to an input modulated optical beam. In a specific embodiment of the system, the device may be a self-electro-optic effect device (SEED), which is operated as an oscillator by means of an associated tank circuit. Such an embodiment permits recovery of a clock frequency from a bit stream which is input into the device. When the output of the device is directed into an optical decision element, an all-optical regenerator may be realized.