摘要:
This invention provides an optical amplifier which has low noise characteristics for a wide range of input signal electric power. The optical amplifier has a plurality of cascaded optical amplifying units, a signal level detector, and a pump-source controller. The pump-source controller changes controlling objects from a pump-source corresponding to a first one of the optical amplifying units to a pump-source corresponding to a second one of the optical amplifying units according to a detection level of the signal level detector from a low level to a high level. When the detection level is outside of a control object range, the optical amplifier controls an output from the pump-source to stabilize. When the detection level is within the control object range, the optical amplifier controls an output from a pump-source of each of optical amplifying units according to the detection level.
摘要:
A light amplifying apparatus adopting a redundant structure. Optical isolators 13, 14 are inserted between pump light sources 1, 2 and a photocoupler 4 so as to prevent injection locking, thereby preventing fluctuation of pump power.In another embodiment, optical fibers 15 adequately longer than the coherence length of the excitation light waves output from the pump light sources are provided. In still another embodiment, the frequency of the driving current for the pump light sources is modulated. In a further embodiment, wave plates 20, 21 are provided so as to circularly polarize the light waves output from the pump light sources clockwise and counterclockwise.
摘要:
Reflectors each having a reflectance peak wavelength within a band of the wavelength characteristics of a laser amplification factor in the unsaturated state of each light source for excitation are provided between light sources for excitation and an optical coupler, and stable wavelength locking is effected by returning a portion of a small portion of excited light reflected by the reflectors into the light sources for excited light.
摘要:
A star network optical transmission system comprising a star coupler as a center node, wherein a star coupler is provided with an optical fiber exhibiting a multimode transmission characteristic to an optical signal transmitted by said star coupler at an input portion and an output portion, an optical transmission apparatus having a laser with a wavelength of .lambda. as a light source, an up optical fiber exhibiting a single mode transmission characteristic to a wavelength of .lambda. connecting the optical transmission apparatus to the star coupler, an optical reception apparatus, and a down optical fiber exhibiting a multimode transmission characteristic at a wavelength .lambda. and connecting the optical reception apparatus to said star coupler.
摘要:
A light emitting control apparatus comprises a light emitting element which emits a light when an input electrical signal is converted into a light signal, a monitoring circuit which monitors the output level of the light emitting element, a sample-and-hold circuit which detects a peak value and is put into the sample mode when data of the monitoring circuit is in the mark state showing voltage and which is in turn put into the hold mode when the data is in the space state showing no voltage, and an amplifier which accomplishes negative feedback control of the output level of the light emitting element by using the output of the sample-and-hold circuit. Thus, the apparatus can quickly respond to a change of the input state and stabilize the output level of the light emitting element for a long time.
摘要:
An optical fiber which amplifies an input signal by a pump source, a compensation-signal source which injects a compensation-signal propagating contra-directionally with respect to the input signal Into the optical fiber, a gain detector which measures a spontaneous emission light of the pump source at an input side of the optical fiber and a compensation-signal source controller which controls output of the compensation-signal source based on output of the gain detector are provided. In addition, a coupler and a wavelength selective reflector which reflects a light of the same wavelength as the compensation-signal selectively, are provided at the input side of the optical fiber.
摘要:
An optical transmission apparatus is disclosed which comprises a light emitting element for outputting an optical output in order to transmit data, a current modulation circuit, a bias current generating circuit and a resistor circuit connected in parallel with the emitting element. The current modulation circuit supplies a binary modulated current to the emitting element in response to an input binary data to the transmitted, the bias current generating circuit provides a bias current to the emitting element and the resisor circuit, whereby said bias current is kept higher than a specified level.
摘要:
A pre-amplifier amplifies an output current of a photodetector that converts a burst optical signal into an electrical signal, and outputs an electric voltage signal. A gain switching circuit is connected with a serial circuit comprising a resistor and a switch and a serial circuit comprising a resistor and a switch, in parallel with a feedback resistor. The gain switching circuit includes an arrangement to receive the electric voltage signal output from the pre-amplifier, close the switch at a specific bit position, close the switch at the other specific bit position, upon occurrence of a situation that the switch is to be closed, provided that the switch is closed.
摘要:
Light signals of first to n-th bands amplified en bloc undergo proper attenuation through an adjustable optical attenuator in conformance with attenuation in an optical fiber connected to input of an optical amplifying repeater apparatus, whereon the light signals are demultiplexed or separated into individual bands and amplified by first to n-th fixed-gain optical amplifiers (#1, . . . , #n) each having a high fixed gain in the respective bands to be subsequently multiplexed by an optical multiplexer and then sent out onto a transmission line. A monitoring light branching device extracts a part of light power of a specific monitoring wavelength, which is then fed to an adjustable attenuator control circuit which controls the attenuation factor of the adjustable optical attenuator so that the light power of the specific wavelength remains constant. The gain of the optical amplifying repeater apparatus at the specific wavelength can thus be determined. By employing as the optical amplifying medium a substantially homogeneous medium, the gain for the other wavelengths can be fixed. The optical amplifying repeater apparatus whose gain is essentially independent of the change in the number of the wavelengths can thus be realized.
摘要:
Voltage controlling/oscillating device comprises a terminal for setting the delay rate in the delay unit and the delay interpolator. Clock signal whose phase is inverted by the inverting gate is inputted into a first input terminal of the delay interpolator and into the delay unit. The delay unit delays the signal by d1 and inputs into second input terminal of the delay interpolator. Oscillation frequency control voltage is fed into a terminal of the delay interpolator through an oscillation frequency control terminal of the device. Delay control voltage is fed into a terminal of the device in order to control a propagation delay rate in the delay unit and the delay interpolator. The delay rate in a delay unit and a delay interpolator can be adjusted by a delay control voltage.