System and method for mitigating cross-saturation in optically amplified
networks
    5.
    发明授权
    System and method for mitigating cross-saturation in optically amplified networks 失效
    用于减轻光放大网络中交叉饱和度的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5907420A

    公开(公告)日:1999-05-25

    申请号:US713568

    申请日:1996-09-13

    CPC分类号: H04J14/0221

    摘要: A system and method of protecting all the amplifiers in a link between wavelength routing network elements of an optical network. According to the invention, an optical control channel is added before a plurality of optical amplifier, preferably the first amplifier, in a link. To prevent improper loading of downstream links, the control channel is stripped off at the next wavelength routing network element. The power of the control channel is automatically adjusted using a fast feedback circuit to hold substantially constant the total power of the signal channels and the control channel at the input of the first amplifier following the feedback loop. In this manner, channel loading of all optical amplifiers in the link is maintained substantially constant, and the incidence of error bursts, as might otherwise result when one or more channels are added or dropped due to a network fault or reconfiguration, is substantially reduced.

    摘要翻译: 一种在光网络的波长路由网络元件之间的链路中保护所有放大器的系统和方法。 根据本发明,在多个光放大器之前,在链路中添加光控制信道,优选地是第一放大器。 为了防止下游链路的不正确加载,控制信道在下一个波长路由网元被剥离。 使用快速反馈电路来自动调整控制通道的功率,以在反馈回路之后保持信号通道和控制通道在第一放大器的输入处的总功率的基本恒定。 以这种方式,链路中的所有光放大器的信道负载保持基本恒定,并且当由于网络故障或重新配置而添加或丢弃一个或多个信道时可能导致的错误突发的发生率显着降低。

    Optical transmission system equalizer
    9.
    发明授权
    Optical transmission system equalizer 失效
    光传输系统均衡器

    公开(公告)号:US5225922A

    公开(公告)日:1993-07-06

    申请号:US796512

    申请日:1991-11-21

    摘要: Increasing the capacity of an existing lightwave transmission system can be accomplished by either increasing the bit rate or adding wavelength-multiplexed channels. Recent advances in erbium-doped fiber amplifier technology make the wavelength division multiplexed option particularly attractive. Unfortunately, because of nonuniform wavelength-dependent gain profile and saturation characteristic of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers, each channel of a wavelength-multiplexed system will experience a different optical gain which, in turn, can result in an excessive bit-error-rate performance in some channels. This invention is directed toward processing apparatus which selectively equalizes the optical gain or the optical signal-to-noise ratios of the channels of a wavelength-multiplexed optical transmission system. The output powers and the signal-to-noise ratios are selectively equalized by adjusting the optical input signal powers. With this invention, wavelength-multiplexed channels can be added to an existing optical fiber transmission system without requiring new optical components, upgrades or adjustments at intermediate amplifier sites.

    Distributed feedback laser for frequency modulated communication systems
    10.
    发明授权
    Distributed feedback laser for frequency modulated communication systems 失效
    用于调频通信系统的分布式反馈激光器

    公开(公告)号:US4908833A

    公开(公告)日:1990-03-13

    申请号:US303594

    申请日:1989-01-27

    摘要: To overcome the deleterious effects of the nonuniform frequency modulation response in semiconductor lasers due to current injection in direct frequency modulation applications, it has been determined that the linewidth enhancement factor .alpha. be made as large as possible. In one embodiment, distributed feedback lasers well suited for frequency modulation lightwave communication systems are designed to have an integrated feedback element such as a corrugation grating whose effective pitch is selected to cause the Bragg wavelength and, therefore, the laser operating wavelength to be longer than the wavelength at substantially the maximum gain or gain peak in the semiconductor structure without the grating. That is, the wavelength of the grating is effectively detuned toward the longer wavelength and lower energy side of the peak of the gain profile. Such detuning increases the linewidth enhancement factor in such a way that the nonuniform frequency modulation response and its effects are minimized and, in some cases, substantially eliminated.