Invention Grant
US06587260B2 Band-expanding method for optical amplifiers and optical transmission apparatus 有权
光放大器和光传输装置的扩展方法

  • 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
  • Application No.: US09935543
    Application Date: 2001-08-24
  • Publication No.: US06587260B2
    Publication Date: 2003-07-01
  • Inventor: Nobuhiko KikuchiRyoji Takeyari
  • Applicant: Nobuhiko KikuchiRyoji Takeyari
  • Priority: JP2001-109361 20010409
  • Main IPC: H01S330
  • IPC: H01S330
Band-expanding method for optical amplifiers and optical transmission apparatus
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.
Information query
Patent Agency Ranking
0/0