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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2016
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Meredith N. Hutchinson, Washington, DC (US);
Nicholas Frigo, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Vincent J. Urick, Alexandria, VA (US);
Abstract
A method of suppressing polarization-dependent loss in a signal. A constant-intensity, analog, optical signal with modulating polarization is transmitted through an optical communications link. The constant-intensity, analog, optical signal with modulating polarization includes an analog radio frequency signal impressed upon a polarization-modulated, laser signal. A polarization-dependent loss of the communications link is determined, the polarization-dependent loss inducing an induced phase shift in the constant-intensity, analog, optical signal with modulating polarization. The constant-intensity, analog, optical signal with modulating polarization is re-oriented using a polarization transformer so as to suppress the induced phase shift.