Patent Document ID: 9673901
Application ID: 15050323
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An optical communication transceiver system comprising: an ultra-short-pulse-laser (USPL) source operating in the wavelength range of 1.3 to 1.6 microns, the said USPL configured to generate a beam having a native pulse repetition rate and comprising light pulses each having a duration of approximately one (1) nanosecond or shorter; a pulse multiplier module external to the said USPL and configured to receive the beam and increase the native pulse repetition rate of the beam, wherein the said pulse multiplier module comprises a laser beam splitter and a laser beam recombiner and at least one of the following located between the laser beam splitter and laser beam recombiner: (1) a series of fixed length fiber optic delay lines having varying lengths, (2) a series of fiber optic coils each wrapped around the circumference of a cylindrical piezoelectric element that expands or contracts in circumference when electrically actuated, or (3) a series of piezoelectric elements that axially expand or contract a microfiber collimator when electrically actuated; a modulation element following the pulse multiplier module configured to apply a modulation signal comprising first data to the beam to generate a first modulated optical signal configured for transmission to a second optical communication transceiver system located remote from the optical communication transceiver system; and an optical receiver configured to receive a second modulated optical signal comprising second data from the second optical communication transceiver system.