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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 21, 1995
Stephen E Saddow, Laurel, MD (US);
Eric Funk, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Louis J Jasper, Fulton, MD (US);
Chi H Lee, Potomac, MD (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A photoconductive spread-spectrum communications system that includes a tsmitter and a receiver. The transmitter includes an oscillating laser, a Pockels' cell, a delay cell, a photoconductive switch, and an antenna for transmitting an electromagnetic spread-spectrum signal. The receiver includes an oscillating laser, a Pockels' cell, an antenna for receiving a spread-spectrum signal, a photoconductive switch, a filter, and a threshold detector for regenerating the signal contained within the spread-spectrum transmission.