Abstract: In an optical demultiplexing system comprising a plurality of optical demultiplexers for separating the component optical signals respectively having predetermined wavelengths of an input wavelength-multiplexed optical signal, a first optical amplifier is connected to the input of the optical demultiplexer disposed at the input end of the optical demultiplexing system, and a plurality of optical amplifiers are disposed to amplify the output optical signal of the first optical amplifier before the S/N ratio of the optical signal is caused to fall by optical losses caused within the optical demultiplexing system below a predetermined S/N ratio guaranteeing a predetermined bit error rate.

Abstract: An optical frequency division multiplexing transmission system for sending a large volume of information by a single optical fiber is disclosed. Each of an optical frequency division multiplexing transmitter equipment and an optical frequency division multiplexing receiver equipment has an optical filter having a periodic optical transmission characteristic therein. Each optical filter is stabilized with an absolutely-stabilized standard optical frequency. Each optical signal frequency is stabilized to a periodic transmission characteristic of the optical filter arranged in the optical frequency division multiplexing transmitter equipment, and each local frequency to a periodic transmission characteristic of the optical filter arranged in the optical frequency division multiplexing receiver equipment.

Abstract: A system for stabilizing a frequency separation between two coherent light sources includes first and second current sources driving first and second semiconductor laser devices with first and second frequencies, respectively. Light from the semiconductor laser devices is combined in a multiplexer, and a portion the combined light is diverted to an optical-to-electrical transducer. Output current from the transducer is combined with an output of a local oscillator driven at a selected frequency. A combined signal is then filtered, and used to form a control signal of one of the semiconductor laser devices.

Abstract: A homodyne optical receiver includes a polarization beam splitter for dividing an optical signal into an optical signal with horizontal polarization and an optical signal with vertical polarization. Optical couplers combine two optical signals of the two polarized components with two optical local signals, which signals are almost matched therewith in polarization, and in a state where they are matched with each other in phase. Detectors homodyne-detect respective output optical signals of the optical couplers and two weighting circuits assign output signals of the detectors weights which are approximately proportional to amplitudes thereof, respectively. An adder adds output signals of the weighting circuits.

Abstract: An optical frequency division multiplexing transmitter is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of optical transmitters having different optical frequencies; an optical combiner multiplexing optical signals outputted by the different optical transmitters; and an optical filter having passbands, the frequency of each of which is approximately in accordance with the frequency of each of the signals, in which the signal thus multiplexed is inputted.

Abstract: A unipolar original electrical signal is encoded by alternate mark inversion and combined with a DC bias current for injection of a semiconductor laser to produce a bipolar FSK optical signal that is transmitted to a receiver. At the receiver, the received signal is coupled with optical local power and fed to an optical/electrical transducer, preferably a semiconductor, to produce an electrical signal that is demodulated to produce the original unipolar signal. The demodulator may be of different types, for example employing delaying part of the amplified electrical signal and mixing the delayed part with the original signal for passage of the combined signal through a low pass filter; with proper selection of the delay, an AMI decoder is not needed. The demodulator may also be of the type that has one or more band pass filters to respectively separate the positive mark, space and negative mark signals that may thereafter be added.

Abstract: An optical tuning device including a channel designator and an intermediate frequency stabilizer for stabilizing the frequency of a difference signal corresponding to the frequency difference between a transmitted optical signal and a local oscillation optical signal. The channel designator includes a bias control circuit for continuously changing the optical frequency of a local oscillation light source up to a frequency corresponding to a target channel, a channel detection circuit for detecting channel passage on the basis of the difference signal, and a channel counting circuit for storing therein the selected channel and the target channel, detecting the direction of the target channel, counting the number of channel passage times, and detecting arrival at the target channel.

Abstract: A polarization diversity optical receiving apparatus comprises at least one frequency converter for performing frequency conversion upon an IF signal, an adder for adding two IF signals together, and a demodulator for converting a signal outputted from the adder to a baseband signal.

Abstract: An optical receiving method utilizing polarization diversity is disclosed in which first and second reference lightwaves having different frequencies and having polarization planes substantially perpendicular to each other, are combined with a signal lightwave to form a combined lightwave. The combined lightwave is subjected to heterodyne detection to obtain a detection signal and the detection signal is separated into first and second intermediate-frequency signals having different carrier frequencies. The first and second intermediate-frequency signals are converted into first and second baseband signals, respectively, and the first and second baseband signals are added to obtain an output signal.

Abstract: An optical receiver includes a squeezer for changing the quantum state of a signal lightwave to a squeezed state, a slave laser put in an injection locking state by the signal lightwave outputted from the squeezer, and an optical homodyne detector for carrying out optical homodyne detection for the signal lightwave outputted from the slave laser.

Abstract: A unipolar original electrical signal is encoded by alternate mark inversion and combined with a DC bias current for injection of a semiconductor laser to produce a bipolar FSK optical signal that is transmitted to a receiver. At the receiver, the received signal is coupled with optical local power and fed to an optical/electrical transducer, preferably a semiconductor, to produce an electrical signal that is demodulated to produce the original unipolar signal. The demodulator may be of different types, for example employing delaying part of the amplified electrical signal and mixing the delayed part with the original signal for passage of the combined signal through a low pass filter; with proper selection of the delay, an AMI decoder is not needed. The demodulator may also be of the type that has one or more band pass filters to respectively separate the positive mark, space and negative mark signals that may thereafter be added.

Abstract: A suspension member mounting structure for mounting on a vehicle body a suspension member, with which left and right suspension arms each supporting a wheel are connected, through a front cushion group and a rear cushion group. The front cushion group has two cushion mounts attached to two positions of the suspension member in front of a rotary axis of the wheels and the rear cushion group has two cushion mounts attached to two positions of the suspension member behind the rotary axis of the wheels. Each cushion mount of the front cushion group is disposed to have a hole first, through which a bolt extends, extending vertically of the vehicle body and each cushion mount of the rear cushion group is disposed to have a second hole, through which a bolt extends, extending longitudinally of the vehicle body.

Abstract: This invention relates to an optical multi/demultiplexer which will be useful for optical wavelength-division multiplexing communication using an optical fiber.In order to obtain high isolation, the optical multi/demultiplexer of the present invention constitutes three, mutually the same optical multi/demultiplexers by use of a main waveguide and first, second and third branch waveguides. Two rays of light having mutually different wavelenths, which are incident into the main waveguide, are isolated completely by the three optical multi/demultiplexers and are outputted.