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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 10, 1995
David Graves, Palm Bay, FL (US);
Greg Daugherty, Melbourne, FL (US);
Robert Montgomery, Indialantic, FL (US);
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A system for conveying a signal by optical fiber may include a converter for converting a radio frequency signal to an optical frequency signal, the converter having an interferometer modulator for providing a carrier suppressed optical frequency signal having a sideband modulated by the radio frequency signal, an optical amplifier for amplifying the modulated sideband before transmission on an optical fiber by an amount that is greater than or approximates the transmission loss in the system, a local oscillator, a coupler, and detector for converting (superheterodyning) the modulated sideband from the optical fiber to a predetermined intermediate radio frequency.