摘要:
The telecommunication line comprises at least one terminal station having an optical-signal transmitter and an optical-signal receiver, which are operationally connected by an automatic protection device suitable for shutting down said transmitter in the absence of a received optical signal, at least one opticalfibre line for the transmission of the optical signals transmitted by said transmitter and received by said receiver, and at least one optical amplifier included in said line. With said optical amplifier there are associated means for the detection of the presence of light energy at input and means for causing the shut down of the amplifier, which in the absence of light energy at input are caused by said detection means to interrupt substantially any emission of light energy on the part of said optical amplifier.
摘要:
A multi-channel optical telecommunication system and method for transmitting optical signals having distinct wavelengths. Spectral selection is provided for the optical signals to add or drop signals of predetermined wavelengths. The signals are divided into at least two series of different wavelengths. The signals of each series are dropped or signals of corresponding wavelengths are added, and the signals are then combined.
摘要:
An optical fiber telecommunications system having two terminals interconnected by optical fibers and active-fiber optical amplifiers. Each terminal has an optical telecommunication signal transmitter associated with an optical signal receiver which are interconnected by a protective device which causes the transmitter to be inoperative when its associated receiver does not receive an optical signal. Optical switches are provided at the downstream sides of active-fiber optical amplifiers and are controlled by detecting devices coupled to amplifier outputs, each of which detecting devices opens the associated switch in the absence of a signal having the characteristics, e.g. an alternating component, of the optical telecommunication signal whereby the protective devices are operated.
摘要:
Device for adding/dropping optical signals into/from an optical transmission path, including input means for at least two optical signals with distinct wavelengths, comprising spectral selection means for sending at least a first signal to a first optical path and at least a second signal to a second optical path, at least a wavelength selective switching means along at least one of said first and second optical paths, for adding and dropping at least one optical signal having a predetermined wavelength selected from the optical signal wavelengths.
摘要:
Adapters for interconnecting optical fiber lines, including optical amplifiers, with optical transmitters and receivers in which the operating parameters of the optical amplifiers are different from the operating parameters of the transmitters and receivers. The adapters convert the optical signals from a transmitter to those within the operating parameters of the optical amplifier and convert the optical signals from an optical amplifier to those within the operating parameters of the receiver. The adapter receiving the optical signals from the transmitter also has provision for inserting service signals and the adapter receiving signals from an optical amplifier has provision for separating the optical signals from the service signals. Also, switching devices for changing transmitters and/or receivers or lines in the event of component failures.
摘要:
An optical fiber transmission line which includes units for injecting into, and units for extracting, optical service signals from the line's optical fiber. The units include optical service signal emitters and receivers for receiving from the optical line and/or injecting into the optical line service signals in the form of optical signals having a wavelength which is substantially different from the wavelength of the telecommunication signals also transmitted over the optical line, each of the units is associated with an optical coupler which is inserted in the line and which is suitable for coupling it with the line fiber and/or for extracting the optical service signals from the line fiber.
摘要:
The method for filtering an optical signal comprising a plurality of channels lying on a grid of optical frequencies equally spaced by a frequency spacing and occupying an optical bandwidth, comprises: a) operating an optical filter comprising a plurality of resonators each having a respective free spectral range, wherein a first resonator of the plurality is optically coupled to the optical signal and the remaining resonators are optically coupled in series to the first resonator, so that a respective resonance of each one of the plurality of resonators falls within a first frequency band having bandwidth less than or equal to 15 GHz; b) operating the optical filter so as to obtain a separation between any resonance of at least one resonator falling within the optical bandwidth with respect to a resonance of at least another different resonator nearest to the any resonance, the separation being greater than or equal to 150 GHz and no more than 1 THz; c) tuning all the resonators of the optical filter so as to move all respective resonances of the resonators by a respective frequency interval greater than the frequency spacing while maintaining a distance between the any resonance of the at least one resonator with respect to the nearest resonance of the at least another different resonator not less than 150 GHz and no more than 1 THz; and d) operating the optical filter so that a further respective resonance of each one of the plurality of resonators falls within a second frequency band, different from the first frequency band, having bandwidth less than or equal to 15 GHz. A corresponding device for filtering an optical signal is disclosed.
摘要:
In a telecommunication network, a modular expandable gateway connects a local area network to a wide area network and includes a base module and a plurality of add-on modules arranged in one or more stacks, the base module and the add-modules including respective encryption/decryption engines to exchange secure information with each other, thus frustrating any possible fraudulent interception of the information at the module interconnections.
摘要:
Point-to-point link for the transmission of digital signals includes two opto-electronic conversion apparatuses and an optical cable including at least one optical fiber having two terminal portions, each opto-electronic conversion apparatus including an opto-electronic device optically coupled to a respective terminal portion between the two terminal portions of the at least one optical fiber, wherein at least one of the two opto-electronic conversion apparatuses is adapted to keep the respective terminal portion of the optical fiber in bent position with a bending radius R, where 1.5 mm≦R≦2.5 mm, and to keep the respective opto-electronic device optically coupled to the bent terminal portion in order to allow the transmission of the digital signals between the optical fiber and the at least one of the two opto-electronic conversion apparatuses; and at least the bent terminal portion of the at least one optical fiber is such as to satisfy the following relationship r/R
摘要翻译:用于传输数字信号的点对点链路包括两个光电转换装置和包括至少一个具有两个端子部分的光纤的光缆,每个光电转换装置包括光耦合到 所述至少一个光纤的两个端子部分之间的相应端子部分,其中两个光电转换装置中的至少一个适于将光纤的相应端子部分保持在弯曲半径R的弯曲位置,其中 为了使光纤和两个光电耦合器件中的至少一个之间的数字信号的传输能够保持光耦合到弯曲的端子部分的各个光电器件, 电子转换装置; 并且至少一个光纤的弯曲端子部分至少满足r / R <0.07 * n /(35 + n)的关系,其中n是应力腐蚀敏感性因子,r是半径 光纤的包层。
摘要:
An optical fiber and an optical amplifier, in particular for optical fiber telecommunication lines operating with a transmission signal in a predetermined wavelength range. The amplifier comprises laser emitting active optical fiber doped with erbium and a further doping substance, distributed along the fiber. The further doping substance has an absorption for a light having a wavelength lower than 1,540 nm substantially higher than the absorption that the further doping substance shows for a light having a wavelength varying from 1,540 nm to the upper limit of the predetermined wavelength range of the transmission signal. Preferably, the further doping substance is samarium. Samarium contained in the fiber is capable of absorbing the spontaneous erbium emission, which would constitute a noise source, thereby allowing a communication signal to be amplified in a wavelength range corresponding substantially to the tolerance range of the commercially available laser light emitters used as the communication signal source.