Star repeaters for fiber optic links
Authors:
- D. H. McMahonDMD. H. McMahon
- R. L. GravelRGR. L. Gravel
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 16 (2) , 501-503
Abstract
A star repeater combines the functions of a passive star coupler and a signal regenerating amplifier. By more effectively utilizing the light power radiated by a light emitting diode, the star repeater can, when used with small diameter channels, couple as much power to all receivers of a multiterminal link as would be coupled to the single receiver of a simple point-to-point link.Keywords
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