摘要:
An optical amplifier (12(a)), operable to amplify a plurality of optical wavelength signals (116) at least in part through. Raman, amplification is disclosed. The amplifier includes an input operable to receive a plurality of wavelength signals and an output operable to communicate an amplified version of at least some of the plurality of wavelength signals. The amplifier further includes a pump assembly operable to generate one or more pump signals (124(a)-124(n)) and a gain medium (120) operable to receive the signals and to facilitate amplification of at least some of the plurality of wavelength signals. The amplifier has associated with it a noise figure having a shape- varying as a function of wavelength. At least one of the one or more pump signals is operable to have its power varied to selectively control the shape of the noise figure.
摘要:
An optical amplifier that improves the quality of wavelength division multiplex (WDM) transmission by reducing four-wave mixing. An optical fiber (11) has positive chromatic dispersion in a signal band and is used as an optical amplification medium for amplifying a wavelength division multiplex (WDM) signal. An excitation section (12) inputs excitation light to the optical fiber. In order to actualize mismatching of phases of optical signals with different wavelengths to be propagated, the optical fiber has positive chromatic dispersion in a signal band by which there is a great difference between a signal frequency, being a frequency of a signal to be amplified, and a zero-dispersion frequency, being a frequency at which chromatic dispersion is zero. As a result, the optical fiber functions as an optical amplification medium in which four-wave mixing is suppressed.
摘要:
A system and method for multi-channel PMD/PDL/PDG mitigation, the system including polarization scramblers adapted to vary the state of polarization of an optical signal propagated through the system to effectively vary the polarization mode dispersion experienced by the signal during each burst-error-correcting-period of the forward error correction used in the system.
摘要:
A bi-directional optical add/drop multiplexer is provided comprising a first interleaver for outputting to a second end a forward optical signal that has been inputted through a first end connected to the optical fiber, and a backward optical signal to a second end that has been inputted through a third end; a second interleaver for interleaving the forward optical signal inputted through a first end and the backward optical signal inputted through a second end by wavelengths, and outputting the interleaved signal through a third end; an optical add/drop multiplexing unit for adding a selected channel to the interleaved optical signal or dropping a selected channel from the interleaved optical signal; a third interleaver for outputting a backward optical signal among the channel-modified optical signals inputted through a second end to the third end of the first interleaver through a first end, and a forward optical signal through a third end; and a fourth interleaver for outputting a backward optical signal inputted through a second end connected to an optical fiber to the second end of the second interleaver through a first end, and the forward optical signal inputted from the third interleaver to the second end.
摘要:
An erbium-doped fiber amplifier and a wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission system equipped with the same are disclosed. The wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission system includes a transmission stage having a first C/L fiber amplifier for amplifying combined C and L-band optical signals, an optical repeater having at least one second C/L fiber amplifier for amplifying the optical signals transmitted from a single mode fiber of a predetermined length, and a dispersion compensating fiber of a predetermined length for compensating dispersions of the amplified optical signals. The system also includes a reception stage having a third C/L fiber amplifier for amplifying the optical signals transmitted from a single mode fiber of a predetermined length, and a receiver for separating the amplified optical signals from the third C/L fiber amplifier into C-band optical signals and L-band optical signals band by band and de-multiplexing the separated amplified optical signals.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide an optical amplifying apparatus for collectively amplifying wavelength-division multiplexed signal lights, which can perform amplification in response to input signal light, whose power level is within a wide input dynamic range, without saturating, and which suppresses the influence of the wavelength dependency of gain thereof. Thus, this optical amplifying apparatus is composed of: three optical amplifying portions connected in cascade; an optical attenuating portion for controlling the level of signal light output from the optical amplifying portion provided in the post-stage by regulating the power level of signal light input to the optical amplifying portion provided in the middle stage; and a dispersion compensation fiber provided between the middle stage and post stage optical amplifying. A gain of each of the optical amplifying portions is controlled to be constant by an AGC circuit. As a result of providing the optical amplifying portions in a three-stage constitution, the gain of optical amplifying portion provided in the first stage can be set at a low value. Thus, even when a signal light having a high power level is input, the first stage optical amplifying portion does not saturate. Consequently, the gain is controlled to be constant.
摘要:
The invention relates to an apparatus, comprising a dispersion compensating fiber which receives an optical signal and amplifies the optical signal by Stimulated Raman Scattering generated therein, and which compensates a dispersion given to the optical signal due to transmission through an optical fiber transmission line; and an optical amplifier optically coupled to said dispersion compensating fiber, including a rare earth element doped optical fiber which further amplifies the optical signal received from the dispersion compensating fiber. Moreover, the invention relates to a method of processing an optical signal, comprising the steps of: transmitting the optical signal in a dispersion compensating fiber); amplifying the optical signal by Stimulated Raman Scattering in the dispersion compensating fiber; further transmitting the optical signal in a rare earth element doped optical; and amplifying the further transmitted optical signal in the rare earth element doped optical fiber, and to a method for processing an optical signal, comprising: transmitting the optical signal through a dispersion compensating fiber to amplify the optical signal; compensating a dispersion given to the optical signal due to the transmission through an optical fiber transmission line; and generating Stimulated Raman Scattering within said dispersion compensating fiber by inputting pumping light to amplify the optical signal.
摘要:
The object of the present invention is to provide an optical amplifying apparatus for collectively amplifying wavelength-division multiplexed signal lights, which can perform amplification in response to input signal light, whose power level is within a wide input dynamic range, without saturating, and which suppresses the influence of the wavelength dependency of gain thereof. Thus, this optical amplifying apparatus is composed of: three optical amplifying portions connected in cascade; an optical attenuating portion for controlling the level of signal light output from the optical amplifying portion provided in the post-stage by regulating the power level of signal light input to the optical amplifying portion provided in the middle stage; and a dispersion compensation fiber provided between the middle stage and post stage optical amplifying. A gain of each of the optical amplifying portions is controlled to be constant by an AGC circuit. As a result of providing the optical amplifying portions in a three-stage constitution, the gain of optical amplifying portion provided in the first stage can be set at a low value. Thus, even when a signal light having a high power level is input, the first stage optical amplifying portion does not saturate. Consequently, the gain is controlled to be constant.
摘要:
Un système incorporant une paire de modulateurs Mach-Zehnder (164, 166) permettant d'effectuer la modulation d'amplitude d'un signal optique est décrit. Chacun des modulateurs est conçu pour supprimer des produits de distorsion d'ordre pair et développer des produits de distorsion de troisième ordre de signe opposé et d'égale valeur. Les sorties des deux modulateurs sont combinées dans un coupleur directionnel (155) supprimant sensiblement les produits de distorsion du second ordre au quatrième ordre.