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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. 22, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mark T Gruneisen, Tijeras, NM (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, DC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372-9 ; 372-6 ; 372 18 ; 372 92 ; 372 98 ; 372 99 ;
Abstract
A method is disclosed for establishing an optical link between two lasers via an optical fiber by directing the output from one laser through an optical fiber and into a second laser and vice vera. Before insertion into the lasers, the output from the respective fibers is phase conjugated in a double phase conjugate mirror. Thus, the disclosed method and apparatus provide a combination of fiber optics, used to transport the light from the lasers, and optical phase conjugation, used to compensate for fiber-induced distortions.