Carrier and clock recovery for lightwave systems
First Claim
1. An optical communication system comprising:
- transmitter means including means for generating an optical carrier and means for modulating the optical carrier with a composite modulation signal comprising a pilot tone and a plurality of modulated subcarrier frequencies generated from said pilot tone to provide an optical signal; and
receiver means remotely located from said transmitter means and means for coupling said optical signal from said transmitter means to said receiver means, said receiver means includinglocal oscillator means controlled by an automatic frequency control signal for generating a local light beam, said local oscillator means being tunable over a prescribed frequency range,detector means responsive to the received optical signal and said local light beam for providing a detected signal at an intermediate frequency which carries said composite modulation signal, andelectrical receiver means responsive to the composite modulation signal from said detector means for simultaneously generating from said pilot tone of the detected signal a clock signal for demodulating said subcarriers from said composite modulation signal, said automatic frequency control signal for controlling said local oscillator means.
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Abstract
An optical communication system includes a transmitter for generating a subcarrier multiplexed optical signal from a pilot tone, a receiver and an optical fiber for coupling the optical signal from the transmitter to the receiver. At the transmitter, an optical carrier is modulated with a composite modulation signal including a plurality of modulated microwave subcarriers to provide the optical signal and pilot tone for carrier and clock recovery. The receiver includes a local oscillator for generating a local light beam, a detector responsive to the received optical signal and the local light beam for providing a detected signal at an intermediate frequency, and a microwave receiver for receiving the detected pilot tone for simultaneously generating the subcarrier frequencies for demodulating the microwave subcarriers from the detected signal, an automatic frequency control signal for controlling the local oscillator, and the clock signal.
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6 Claims
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1. An optical communication system comprising:
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transmitter means including means for generating an optical carrier and means for modulating the optical carrier with a composite modulation signal comprising a pilot tone and a plurality of modulated subcarrier frequencies generated from said pilot tone to provide an optical signal; and receiver means remotely located from said transmitter means and means for coupling said optical signal from said transmitter means to said receiver means, said receiver means including local oscillator means controlled by an automatic frequency control signal for generating a local light beam, said local oscillator means being tunable over a prescribed frequency range, detector means responsive to the received optical signal and said local light beam for providing a detected signal at an intermediate frequency which carries said composite modulation signal, and electrical receiver means responsive to the composite modulation signal from said detector means for simultaneously generating from said pilot tone of the detected signal a clock signal for demodulating said subcarriers from said composite modulation signal, said automatic frequency control signal for controlling said local oscillator means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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