Multiple pulse generation
AssigneeMbda UK Limited
InventorsMartyn R Jennings, Lee D Miller
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Abstract
An electromagnetic radiation (EMR) multiple pulse generator, comprising, an EMR source for producing discrete pulses of radiation, an EMR splitter for receiving the pulses of radiation produced by the EMR source, said splitter providing a plurality of EMR transmission paths for the received pulses, each of said transmission paths having physical characteristics for modifying EMR pulses passing through said paths relative to the input pulses, an EMR combiner for combining the modified outputs of said plurality of EMR transmission paths, and at least one combined EMR output transmission path for transmitting said combined EMR output.
Claims17
An electromagnetic radiation (EMR) multiple pulse generator, comprising:
- an EMR source for producing discrete pulses of radiation;
- an EMR splitter for receiving at least one of the pulses of radiation produced by the EMR source, said splitter providing a plurality of EMR transmission paths for said one received pulse, each of said transmission paths having physical characteristics for modifying said one pulse passing through said paths, at least one of said transmission paths having a dedicated switch means for controllably preventing any portion of said one pulse from traversing said at least one of said transmission paths;
- an EMR combiner for combining the modified outputs of said plurality of EMR transmission paths;
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- at least one combined EMR output transmission path for transmitting said combined EMR output.
A method of encoding an electromagnetic radiation (EMR) pulse train comprising the steps of:
- providing an EMR source to produce discrete pulses of radiation,
- splitting pulses of radiation produced by the EMR source and providing a plurality of EMR transmission paths for the split pulses,
- providing at least one of the transmission paths with a different physical characteristic from other transmission paths,
- controllably disabling at least one of the transmission paths,
- combining the outputs of the plurality of EMR transmission paths,
- transmitting the combined EMR output on an EMR output transmission path;
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- wherein said controllably disabling step prevents the transmission of a pulse of said radiation along said at least one of the transmission paths and thereby encodes the pulse train.
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