Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Band-expanding method for optical amplifiers and optical transmission apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 光放大器和光传输装置的扩展方法
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Application No.: US09935543Application Date: 2001-08-24
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Publication No.: US06587260B2Publication Date: 2003-07-01
- Inventor: Nobuhiko Kikuchi , Ryoji Takeyari
- Applicant: Nobuhiko Kikuchi , Ryoji Takeyari
- Priority: JP2001-109361 20010409
- Main IPC: H01S330
- IPC: H01S330

Abstract:
A method for enabling a pump laser to be added on by means of an optical fiber Raman amplifier and reducing signal degradation to be caused by a gain change to occur after and in the pump laser source add-on process. The above method is achieved as follows. Add-on ports 114-1 and 114-2 are provided in a wavelenth multiplexer 110 so as to enable new wavelength pump laser sources to be added on. When an add-on pump laser source 112 is turned on, the output intensity of each of the pre-installed Raman pump lasers 111-1 and 111-2 changes, thereby the intensity of each signal laser in each pre-installed band is kept unchanged before and after the add-on. The output intensity of each pump laser source that increases/decreases the output, for example, during the add-on is changed linearly with time, thereby the transient gain changes in the pre-installed bands are prevented.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020145796A1 Band-expanding method for optical amplifiers and optical transmission apparatus Public/Granted day:2002-10-10
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