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Patent No.:

US 7330304 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2003
Applicant:

Stanislav I. Ionov, Calabasas, CA (US);

Inventor:

Stanislav I. Ionov, Calabasas, CA (US);

Assignee:

HRL Laboratories, LLC, Malibu, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 5/00 (2006.01); H01S 4/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An optical pulse position modulation receiver relying on the gain dynamics in a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA). Optical PPM signal pulses and periodic optical clock pulses at a different frequency and/or polarization than the signal pulses are coupled into an SOA. Due to the high optical power of the clock pulses, the SOA gain will drop to a small value after each clock pulse. The SOA will then amplify each signal pulse that follows the clock pulse, and the gain will depend on the delay between the signal pulse and the preceding optical clock pulse. The optical output of the SOA can then be converted to an electrical signal by a photodetector.


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Ionov, Stanislav. (2008). Method and apparatus for ppm demodulation using a semiconductor optical amplifier (U.S. Patent No. 7330304). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7330304

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