Patent ID: 7349637

Claim:
An optical transmitter having SBS suppression, the optical transmitter comprising: a) a signal generator that generates a SBS suppression signal at an output; b) a laser having an electrical input that is electrically coupled to the output of the signal generator, the laser generating an optical signal at an output having a line width that is broadened by the SBS suppression signal; c) a signal processor having an electrical input that is electrically coupled to the output of the signal generator, the signal processor generating a modified SBS suppression signal at an output; and d) a modulator that is optically coupled to the output of the laser and that is electrically coupled to the output of the signal processor, the modulator modulating the optical signal with a payload modulation signal and with the modified SBS suppression signal, thereby generating a payload modulated optical signal having SBS suppression that is determined by the modified SBS suppression signal.