Abstract:
An optical amplifier (1), and a related optical amplification method, comprising an optical path (2) having an input end (3) and an output end (4), a first erbium doped optical fiber (5) placed along the optical path, a first gain flatting filter (6) placed along the optical path downstream the first erbium doped optical fiber, a second erbium doped optical fiber (7) placed along the optical path downstream the first gain flatting filter, a second gain flatting filter (8) placed along the optical path downstream the second erbium doped optical fiber, a third erbium doped optical fiber (9) placed along the optical path downstream the second gain flatting filter, and an optical pump (10) optically coupled to the optical path so as to optically pump at least the first and the third erbium doped optical fiber.
Abstract:
A branching unit (1) for an optical telecommunication link (100), the unit comprising a first (2), a second (3) and a third terminal (4) for termination of conductors of respective branch cables in use, a fourth terminal (5) for connection to a sea earth (6) in use, and a circuit (8) comprising a plurality of relays comprising at least a first, a second and a third relay associated to respectively the first, second and third terminal, the circuit being structured for connecting together two terminals out of the first, second and third terminal and for connecting the remaining terminal to the fourth terminal, depending on a sequence of power feeding at the first, second and third terminals, in use, wherein the circuit (8) comprises a sea earth circuit (9) terminated at one end to the fourth terminal and a bidirectional triode thyristor (13) placed along the sea earth circuit, a driving circuit (19) being provided for driving the bidirectional triode thyristor so as to trigger the bidirectional triode thyristor in a conduction state only upon complete switch-over of one relay of the group consisting in the first, second and third relay.
Abstract:
An optical amplifier (1), and a related optical amplification method, comprising an optical path (2) having an input end (3) and an output end (4), a first erbium doped optical fiber (5) placed along the optical path, a first gain flatting filter (6) placed along the optical path downstream the first erbium doped optical fiber, a second erbium doped optical fiber (7) placed along the optical path downstream the first gain flatting filter, a second gain flatting filter (8) placed along the optical path downstream the second erbium doped optical fiber, a third erbium doped optical fiber (9) placed along the optical path downstream the second gain flatting filter, and an optical pump (10) optically coupled to the optical path so as to optically pump at least the first and the third erbium doped optical fiber.
Abstract:
Optical amplification stage (1) for OTDR monitoring, comprising a first (2a) and a second optical signal path (2b), a first (3a) and a second optical amplifier (3b), a first optical coupler (4a) placed along the first optical signal path downstream the first optical amplifier, a second optical coupler (4b) placed along the second optical signal path downstream the second optical amplifier, an optical by-pass path (5) optically connecting the first and the second optical coupler, a first (11a) and a second optical reflector (11b) optically connected to respectively the first and second optical coupler, and an optical filter (10) placed along the optical by-pass path which has attenuation high on the whole WDM band and low at the OTDR wavelength(s).
Abstract:
Optical amplification stage (1) for OTDR monitoring, comprising a first (2a) and a second optical signal path (2b), a first (3a) and a second optical amplifier (3b), a first optical coupler (4a) placed along the first optical signal path downstream the first optical amplifier, a second optical coupler (4b) placed along the second optical signal path downstream the second optical amplifier, an optical by-pass path (5) optically connecting the first and the second optical coupler, a first (11a) and a second optical reflector (11b) optically connected to respectively the first and second optical coupler, the first and second reflector being structured for reflecting respectively in a first (30) and second reflection band (31) comprising respectively a first and a second OTDR wavelength and not comprising the WDM band, wherein a first total loss is defined as the loss through the by-pass path and a second total loss is defined as the sum of the first total loss and the reflection loss, the difference of the second total loss to the first total loss at the first and second OTDR wavelengths being less than 10 dB.