CA2121367A1 - Sagnac Interferometer Based Secure Communication System - Google Patents

Sagnac Interferometer Based Secure Communication System

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CA2121367A1
CA2121367A1 CA 2121367 CA2121367A CA2121367A1 CA 2121367 A1 CA2121367 A1 CA 2121367A1 CA 2121367 CA2121367 CA 2121367 CA 2121367 A CA2121367 A CA 2121367A CA 2121367 A1 CA2121367 A1 CA 2121367A1
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sagnac interferometer
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Eric Udd
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McDonnell Douglas Corp
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/80—Optical aspects relating to the use of optical transmission for specific applications, not provided for in groups H04B10/03 - H04B10/70, e.g. optical power feeding or optical transmission through water
    • H04B10/85—Protection from unauthorised access, e.g. eavesdrop protection
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01M—TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES OR STRUCTURES; TESTING OF STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01M11/00—Testing of optical apparatus; Testing structures by optical methods not otherwise provided for
    • G01M11/30—Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides
    • G01M11/39—Testing of optical devices, constituted by fibre optics or optical waveguides in which light is projected from both sides of the fiber or waveguide end-face

Abstract

A high speed secure fiber optic communication system that includes a coherent alarm system utilizes a pair of single mode fiber optic cables in combination with one or more light sources, phase modulators, detectors and polarization scrambling elements to form a Sagnac interferometer. The phase modulator is driven so that counter propagating light beams in the Sagnac loop experience a different optical path as they pass through the loop. When the two beams are recombined on the central beamsplitter of the Sagnac loop, the two beams interfere with each other and the data impressed as phase modulation on the light beams by the phase modulator is recovered as amplitude modulation on the output detector of the Sagnac interferometer. The coherent alarm system applies a relatively low frequency background signal to the Sagnac interferometer and watches for changes occurring to the background signal that indicate the presence of an intruder. Although the system is very secure, such coherent alarm systems with or without other alarms, intrusion control, random pathlength changes and the like can make undetected, unauthorized access to the system impossible with available interception techniques.
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