| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention provides both a method and an apparatus for optically encoding data. Light from a coherent source is split into two separate light signals, and each of these light signals is modulated with the data such that the data levels output correspond to the points of maximum optical power. One of the modulated light signals is phase biased to be in phase or in anti-phase with the other modulated light signal and the two light signals are then combined to form a combined optical output. The present invention enables the resulting combined optical output to be a data format with a high extinction ratio compared with conventional optical data formats. It can be used to produce a wide variety of optical data modulation formats.</p> |
