摘要:
Optical pulses carrying information to be conveyed are routed, for each pulse, by the intensity of the pulse. The pulses may be solitons. The invention is particularly applicable to long distance communications.
摘要:
The object of the invention enables wavelength division multiplexed solitons conveyed by an optical fiber to be regenerated synchronously. The method uses clock recovery from the WDM signal, and synchronous modulation of the solitons at the clock rate recovered in this way. The locations for the optical modulators are selected to be at a distance between the transmitter and the first modulator or between successive modulators along the optical link such that the signals at different wavelengths are synchronous. The apparatus of the invention regenerates solitons in-line by synchronously modulating said solitons using an optical modulator, clock recovery, and multichannel filtering at the output from the modulator. In a particular embodiment, the telecommunications system of the invention also includes fiber lengths having different dispersion relationships depending on their position within the link, so as to achieve "dispersion management" within the link. The invention is applicable to optical telecommunications over great distances by means of solitons.
摘要:
The invention relates to wavelength division multiplex fiber optic transmission systems. It proposes a regenerator including a demultiplexer for separating the signals of various channels, a plurality of optical modulators each receiving signals from the demultiplexer and a modulation clock from a clock distribution unit, and a multiplexer combining the signals modulated by the modulators. The clock distribution unit includes a reference clock and, for each modulator, means for synchronizing the phase of a copy of the reference clock with the signals applied to the modulator. A phase-locked loop can be used for phase synchronization, with a phase shifter controlled in accordance with the average power of the signals at the output of the modulator. The invention enables only low-frequency components to be used to generate modulation clocks from a single reference clock.
摘要:
The invention enables wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) solitons conveyed by an optical fiber to be regenerated synchronously. The invention consists in using optical delay lines, in particular of the photorefractive filter type, prior to the regenerators so as to resynchronize a subset of the m soliton channels, and in placing the regenerator at a position where the n-m other soliton channels are naturally synchronized.
摘要:
A method of detecting one or more free channels in a time-division multiplexed optical signal which may be used for insertion signals in switching nodes of optical communication networks. The method includes sampling successive optical pulses from at least one of said channels, measuring the average optical power of the sampled pulses during a predetermined time period, and generating a detection signal if said average optical power is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
摘要:
The invention concerns a wavelength-division multiplex soliton signal fiber optic transmission system; to reduce the effects of collision jitter on the soliton channels, it proposes quasi-distributed amplification combining lumped amplification and distributed amplification. In this way it is possible to combine pumping of a lightly doped line fiber an dumped amplification by an EDFA in the repeaters. Reduncant and common pumping means are advantageously used for the lumped amplification and the distributed amplification and the gain of the lumped amplification is advantageously controlled automatically.
摘要:
The present invention relates to an optical fiber comprising an optical core (6) based on silica for guiding the majority of lightwaves and containing at least one fluorescent dopant, surrounded by optical cladding (5) likewise based on silica, and having a refractive index lower than that of said core, said core comprising: a central zone (2) of radius a.sub.0, containing said fluorescent dopant; and a peripheral zone (4) of radius a, surrounding said central zone, having a refractive index greater than that of said cladding, and not containing fluorescent dopant; the fiber being characterized in that said core (6) further comprises an intermediate zone (3) of radius a.sub.1 and having a softening temperature greater than that of central zone (2), said intermediate zone (3) being such that a.sub.0
摘要:
A synchronous optical regenerator applies intensity modulation and phase modulation. The phase modulation is effected after the intensity modulation by the crossed Kerr effect in a Kerr fiber. The clock used for the phase modulation is obtained by injecting a continuous wavelength into the intensity modulator. The regenerator therefore includes a multiplexer coupling continuous light with the signals transmitted, an intensity modulator modulating the signals transmitted and the continuous light, and a Kerr fiber phase modulating the transmitted signals by crossed phase modulation with the intensity-modulated continuous light. Applications include wavelength division multiplex transmission systems.
摘要:
The invention concerns a fiber optic soliton signal transmission system comprising a signal amplifier means and signal regenerator means, in-line first filter means and second filter means associated with the regenerator means, the second filter means being different from the first filter means. Independent optimization of the in-line filter means and the filter means associated with the regenerator improves the performance of the transmission system. In the case of wavelength division multiplexed systems, the invention reduces the effects of jitter induced by collisions between solitons.
摘要:
An optical fiber transmission system for soliton signals with wavelength multiplexing in which the bit times of the various channels &lgr;1 to &lgr;n of the multiplex are substantially synchronous, at least at one point. At least one saturable absorber is located at this point. The channels can be made synchronous by an appropriate selection of wavelengths, or by using optical delay lines, or the like. The saturable absorber then modulates the intensity of the soliton signals in the various channels of the multiplex. It is possible to use a clock for remotely driving the saturable absorber. The invention also relates to a corresponding transmission method. The invention makes it possible to transmit over long distances without using active components.