Amplifying optical electromagnetic wave concentrator

Reception device for receiving an incident optical electromagnetic wave comprising:

• a plurality of optical electromagnetic wave amplifying concentrators, each of the optical electromagnetic wave amplifying concentrators comprising at least one amplification focusing device and a receiver,
• each of the amplification focusing devices being adapted to focus an incident optical electromagnetic wave on the receiver,
• the amplification focusing device including material doped with at least one active component,
• the amplification focusing device being adapted to be responsive to an excitation wave for causing the at least on active component to pass to an energy level such that interaction between the incident electromagnetic wave and the at least one active component causes the least one active component to pass to a lower energy level and causes the emission of at least one photon having the same wavelength as the incident electromagnetic wave towards the receiver, the focused photon or photons adapted to be emitted by the active components being in an incident amplified wave of the incident electromagnetic wave,
• each receiver including an optical to electrical converter,
• an adder connected to the plurality of receivers and adapted to add the energies of the signals derived from each receiver, and
• an optical demultiplexer for receiving the injected excitation wave and having outputs which are connected to the plurality of the waveguides adapted to conduct the excitation wave.

Reception device for receiving an incident optical electromagnetic wave comprising:

• a plurality of amplifying optical electromagnetic wave concentrators, each of the amplifying optical electromagnetic wave concentrators comprising at least one amplification focusing device and a receiver,
• each of the amplification focusing devices being adapted to focus an incident optical electromagnetic wave on the receiver,
• the amplification focusing device including a material doped with at least one active component,
• the amplification focusing device being adapted to be responsive to an excitation wave for causing the least one active component to pass to an energy level such that interaction between the incident electromagnetic wave and the at least one active component causes the at least one active component to pass to a lower energy level and causes the emission of at least one photon having the same wavelength as the incident electromagnetic wave towards the receiver, the focused photon or photons adapted to be emitted by the active components being in an incident amplified wave of the incident electromagnetic wave,
• the amplification focusing devices of the plurality of amplifying concentrators being distributed over a substantially hemispherical surface,
• an adder connected to the plurality of receivers and adapted to add the signals derived from each receiver,
• the receivers including waveguides, the reception device including an optical coupler or a demultiplexer connected to the output of the optical and adapted to be responsive to the excitation wave,
• a device for measuring the energy of the wave derived from the optical coupler or from the demultiplexer and a power controller arranged to be responsive to the measuring device for controlling the power of the excitation wave.