摘要:
An optical amplifier of a wavelength-division multiplexing transmission system that includes a pre-stage optical amplifying unit and a post stage optical amplifying unit. The pre-stage optical amplifying unit has a rare-earth element doped optical fiber (EDF 1) and a pump light source (LD 1 - 3) for inputting a pump light to the rare-earth element doped optical fiber (EDF 1). The post-stage optical amplifying unit has a second rare-earth element doped optical fiber (EDF 2-1, EDF 2-2) and a pump light source (LD 4 - 12) for inputting a pump light to the second rare-earth element doped optical fiber (EDF 2-1). The pre-stage optical amplifying unit and the post-stage optical amplifying unit are optically connected by a detachable optical coupling device. In addition a gain equalizing unit (GEQ 1, GEQ 2), positioned on an output side of the optical fibers, compensates for wavelength-dependency of a gain characteristic of the optical fibers.
摘要:
The output level of pumping light supplied from a pumping light source is varied using a variable attenuator, which is controlled by a variable attenuator driver circuit. By separating a portion containing the pumping light source from a portion containing an amplification medium, it becomes possible to prevent heat emitted by the pumping light source from adversely affecting the amplification medium. By arranging the portion containing the pumping light source such that a pumping light source or sources can be added when necessary, optical transmission system requirements of having more pumping light sources for system upgrade can be accommodated readily. By packaging portions containing amplification media, an optical amplifier can be made small.
摘要:
An optical transmitter having a function which compensates for wavelength dispersion is provided with a plurality of light sources for outputting light having wavelengths that differ from one another. Before the optical transmission system begins operating, the wavelength of light output to an optical transmission line is varied by changing over the light sources in order to detect a wavelength whose transmission characteristic is optimum with regard to wavelength dispersion exhibited by this optical transmission line. During system operation, the light having the detected optimum wavelength is output to the optical transmission line.
摘要:
57 A direct modulation phase shift keying transmission system (DM-PSK transmission system) is disclosed for coherent optical fiber transmission in which an injection current supplied to a semiconductor laser (1) is adapted to be directly modulated. This system presents useful features in automatic frequency control, demodulation, and phase noise suppression.
摘要:
Disclosed is a polarized wave diversity optical receiver for coherent optical communication comprising: an optical local oscillating circuit (7) for oscillating local oscillating light; a mixing circuit (8) for mixing signal light and the local oscillating light to obtain two polarized components; a detecting circuit (9) for detecting the polarized components to output intermediate frequency signals (e S and e P ); and a frequency control circuit (11) for controlling, in accordance with the intermediate frequency signals (e S and e P ), the oscillating frequency of the optical local oscillating circuit (7). To ensure that the intermediate frequency is not disappeared, the frequency control circuit (11) outputs a combined signal of a sum and a difference of said intermediate frequency signals (e S and e P ).
摘要:
An optical signal receiver comprising an optical mixing/polarization splitting unit (l0l) for producing IF optical signals having two orthogonally polarized components, an optical signal receiving unit (l02-l05) for producing four corresponding IF electric signals, and a combining circuit (l06) for combining two IF electric signals having one polarization with the other two IF electric signals having the other polarization, suppressing fluctuation of the polarization and the intensity noise of the related local optical signal. The intensity noise suppression is also effective for IF electric signals having a higher frequency range.