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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2017
Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL (US);
Charles F. Middleton, Rockledge, FL (US);
John R. Desalvo, Satellite Beach, FL (US);
Anthony C. Klee, Orlando, FL (US);
HARRIS CORPORATION, Melbourne, FL (US);
Abstract
A communications system may include an optical source to generate an optical carrier signal, and an RF signal path including a first electro-optic (EO) modulator to modulate the optical carrier signal based upon an RF signal, a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) device coupled to the first EO modulator, and an optical circulator downstream from the SBS device. A local oscillator (LO) path may include a second EO modulator coupled to the optical source to modulate the optical carrier signal based upon an LO signal, and an optical bandpass filter(s) coupled to the second EO modulator. A filter function path may be coupled to the optical circulator and include a third EO modulator to perform optical modulation based upon a filter function signal. A detector may be coupled to the RF signal path and the LO path to generate an intermediate frequency (IF) signal.