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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jose Chesnoy, Paris, FR;
Jean-Michel Gabriagues, Le Val Saint Germain, FR;
Denis Leclerc, Bourg la Reine, FR;
Assignee:
Alcatel N.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 32 ; 372-8 ; 372 29 ;
Abstract
A photodiode (26) receives an optical input signal (P1) and an internal optical signal (P2) and supplies in response thereto an internal electrical signal (I2), which in turn controls a laser (4) which effects amplification and supplies the internal optical signal and an output signal (P3). The feedback loop formed by this photodiode and laser leads to a strong non-linearity in the variation of the output signal as a function of the input signal. The invention is useful especially in optical fiber telecommunications systems.