Patent 7349637 was granted and assigned to Optium on March, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An optical transmitter and methods of generating an optical signal having SBS suppression are described. An optical transmitter having SBS suppression according to the present invention includes a signal generator that generates a SBS suppression signal. A laser generates a line width broadened optical signal having AM noise. A signal processor generates a modified SBS suppression signal from the SBS suppression signal. A modulator modulates the line width broadened optical signal having the AM noise with a payload modulation signal and with the modified SBS suppression signal to generate a payload modulated optical signal having SBS suppression and reduced AM noise.