OPTICAL POWER COMMUNICATION

Communication may be broadly defined as the transfer of information from one point to another. When the information is to be conveyed over any distance a communication system is usually required.Within a communication system the information transfer is frequently achieved by superimposing or modulating the information onto an electromagnetic wave which acts as a carrier for the information signal. This modulated carrier is then trans- mitted to the required destination where it is received and the original information signal is obtained by demodulation.Sophisticated techniques have been developed for this process using electromagnetic carrier waves operating at radio frequencies as well as microwave and millimeter wave frequencies. However, 'communication' may also be achieved using an electromagnetic carrier which is selected from the optical range of frequencies.