This source includes an electroabsorption modulator (12) receiving a continuous light wave provided by a laser emitter 10. The characteristic response curve of this modulator has a threshold such that this modulator transmits an optical pulse (LP) of lesser duration than that of an electrical control pulse (EP) which is applied to it by a control generator (14). Optical pulses of the soliton type thus obtained are transmitted by a line fibre (6) to a receiver (8). …??Application to optical transmissions. …IMAGE…
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