Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a light amplifier that allows a clean current source to be delivered to an injection laser diode. SOLUTION: A laser driver circuit includes the injection laser diode. A current source control loop circuit is connected to the injection laser diode and establishes a fixed current though the injection laser diode. A voltage-switching circuit is adapted to receive a fixed supply voltage so as to convert the supply voltage into a forward voltage for biasing the injection laser diode and producing an optical fiber coupled laser output having minimum power loss. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
An electronic module (20) includes a cooling substrate (21a), an electronic device (22) mounted thereon, and a heat sink (23) adjacent the cooling substrate (21a). More particularly, the cooling substrate (21a) may have an evaporator chamber (25) adjacent the electronic device (22), at least one condenser chamber (26) adjacent the heat sink (23), and at least one cooling fluid passageway (27) connecting the evaporator chamber (25) in fluid communication with the at least one condenser chamber (26). Furthermore, an evaporator thermal transfer body (28) may be connected in thermal communication between the evaporator chamber (25) and the electronic device (22). Additionally, at least one condenser thermal transfer body (36) may be connected in thermal communication between the at least one condenser chamber (26) and the heat sink (23). The evaporator thermal transfer body (28) and the at least one condenser thermal transfer body (36) preferably each have a higher thermal conductivity than adjacent cooling substrate portions.
Abstract:
A laser driver circuit includes an injection laser diode. A current source control loop circuit is connected to the injection laser diode and establishes a fixed current though the injection laser diode. A voltage switcher circuit and adapted to receive a fixed supply voltage and convert inductively the supply voltage down to a forward voltage to bias the injection laser diode and produce an optical fiber coupled laser output having minimized power losses.
Abstract:
A laser driver circuit includes an injection laser diode. A current source control loop circuit is connected to the injection laser diode and establishes a fixed current though the injection laser diode. A voltage switcher circuit and adapted to receive a fixed supply voltage and convert inductively the supply voltage down to a forward voltage to bias the injection laser diode and produce an optical fiber coupled laser output having minimized power losses.
Abstract:
A multimode wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network transceiver and method includes a plurality of optical transmitters and a multiplexer operatively connected to each optical transmitter for receiving optical communications signals and multiplexing the signals into a multimode wavelength division multiplexed optical communications signal. A demultiplexer receives a multimode wavelength division multiplexed optical communications signal and demultiplexes the signal into a plurality of demultiplexed optical communications signals that are then received and detected within a plurality of optical receivers.
Abstract:
A multi-fiber ribbon-coupled multi-channel, optical amplifier architecture has a very compact form factor that facilitates one-for-one alignment with and coupling to each optical fiber of a multi-fiber ribbon. A physically compact, focusing and coupling structure couples into respective light amplifying wavelength channels of a substrate, to which the fibers of the multi-fiber ribbon are coupled, the optical pumping energy emitted by multiple pumping energy sources that are arranged transverse to the optical waveguide amplifying channels. The pumping energy coupling structure may include a prism, GRIN lens array or a spherical lenslet array. The number of GRIN lenses or lenslets corresponds to the number of pumping source elements.
Abstract:
An optically amplified back-up receiver includes an optical splitter (4) for receiving a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical communications signal by splitting the signal into a low power WDM optical signal onto a back-up path where it is amplified and an optical signal of desired wavelength selected. A PIN detector (48) receives the optical signal at the desired wavelength and converts the optical signal into an electrical communications signal.
Abstract:
The system and method of the present invention is operative to monitor the performance of an optical communications channel. An optical splitter (14) splits a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical communications signal into a low power WDM signal onto a back-up path (22), where a tunable filter (24) sweeps the optical communications channels, while a monitoring circuit (24) monitors the optical communications channels for performance. Optical power can be stored and subsequently displayed, providing an optical spectrum analysis of the signal.
Abstract:
An integrated, optically amplified receiver includes an optically pumped optical preamplifier for receiving, generally, wavelength division multiplexed optical communication signal over an optical communications line. A PIN photdetector receives the optical communication signal as a filtered demultiplexed signal from the optical preamplifier and converts the optical communication signal into an electrical communication signal. An amplifier circuit amplifies the electrical communication signal for digital retiming or demodulation.