Abstract:
A polarization-independent bidirectional optical transmission module is provided to fabricate a light source having excellent performance by removing polarization dependence on an external light source. A ferrule and a lens are coupled to an external optical fiber. A SWP(Spatial Walkoff Prism), a PBS(Polarization Beam Splitter), and a PMC(Polarization Maintained Coupler) are arranged on an optical signal path. One of the SWP, the PBS, and the PMC is used for splitting an optical signal received through the external optical fiber into two optical signals by polarization. A WDM filter is arranged in each of polarization paths. An optical receiver is arranged in a reception band path of outputs of the WDM filter. A light source is arranged in one of transmission band paths of outputs of the WDM filter.
Abstract:
An ONT(Optical Network Terminator) and a method thereof are provided to continue a voice service with a low power when a power supply is interrupted owing to a power failure, and to minimize power consumption by modulating a Fabry-Perot laser diode into a forward bias or a reverse bias, thereby extending a communication time. An optical WDM(24) receives an optical signal and a non-interference type light source to output the received signal and the light source. A photo detector(22) converts a downstream high-speed optical signal and a low-speed optical signal into electric signals, respectively. A laser diode(10) converts an upstream signal into an optical signal. A high-speed driver(14) drives the laser diode(10) with the upstream signal to realize data and video channels, and transmits the data and video channels to the WDM(24). A high-speed receiver(16) receives downstream data and video channels. A charger(26) charges a received power, and outputs the charged power during a power failure. A low-speed driver(18) realizes a voice channel by reversely biasing the laser diode(10), and transmits the voice channel to a central station. A low-speed receiver(20) receives the voice channel.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A direct modulation type wireless WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplex) system according to an optical filter detuning method is provided to effectively restrain chirping and a penalty due to an extinction ratio. CONSTITUTION: Multiple LDs(Laser Diode) directly modulate light signals by a laser driver. A multiplexer multiplexes light signals received from the multiple LDs and performs optical filter detuning thereon. A booster amplifier amplifies a detuned output received from the multiplexer to a suitable strength. An optical fiber receives an output from the booster amplifier and transfers a light signal. An in-line amplifier amplifies a light signal which has been reduced at a node installed at a specific point of the optical fiber. An ADM(Add/Drop Multiplexer) adds/drops a specific wavelength signal at the node installed at the specific point of the optical fiber and performs optical filter detuning thereon. A demultiplexer demultiplexes the light signal received from the optical fiber and performs optical filter detuning thereon.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: An apparatus for measuring a wavelength of an optical signal, an optical strength and an optical signal-to-noise ratio in a wavelength division multiplexing optical communication is provided to heighten an accuracy in measuring an optical strength and optical signal-to-noise ratio by measuring them by using a signal-band reflection optical filter. CONSTITUTION: An optical amplifier(502) receives a wavelength division-multiplexed optical signal, amplifies it and outputs it together with a spontaneous emission light. As a band pass optical variable filter(506), a Fabry-Perot variable filter, an integrated optical device containing grid, a multi-layer thin film device, or an acousto-optic filter may be adopted. An optical circulator(508) includes three input/output terminals, of which input and output correspond clockwise. That is, when a light is inputted to an arbitrary terminal, it is output to the next terminal clockwise. An optical fiber Bragg grids(510,512) reflect a light corresponding to a grid period and pass a light of the remaining wavelength. In addition, the optical fiber Bragg grids(510,512) reflect only a particular wavelength component of the spontaneous emission light and outputs a spontaneous emission light discrimination signal.
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PURPOSE: An automatic power control optical amplifier for a WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplexing) optical transmission system and a control method therefor are provided to obtain an excellent gain flattering characteristic by effectively controlling a local power of an output spectrum using a dynamic gain flattering filter. CONSTITUTION: The first amplifying unit(10) has a pump resource(10a) and a gain medium(10b) for providing a gain to an optical signal and controlling a power necessary for amplification. A dynamic gain flattering filter(22) converts a spectrum of the optical signal into a random type. The second amplifying unit(20) has a pump resource(20a) and a gain medium(20b) for providing a gain to the optical signal and controlling the power necessary for amplification. An optical monitoring unit(24) is tapped to the output of the second amplifying unit(20). A control circuit(18b) generates control signals of the dynamic gain flattering filter(22) and the pump resources(10a,20a) using the optical spectrum obtained from the optical monitoring unit(24).
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PURPOSE: A bidirectional add/drop optical amplifier module using one arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer is provided to embody an economic and efficient optical communication network by using only one NxN arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer. CONSTITUTION: One NxN arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer(20) simultaneously demultiplexes and multiplexes a wavelength division multiplexed signal bidirectionally progressed. Two 3-terminal circulators separate the path of the wavelength division multiplexed signals, and input signals progressed in inter-different directions to both sides of the NxN arrayed-waveguide grating multiplexer(20) through one optical fiber. A bidirectional optical amplifier(10) compensates the loss of an optical signal bidirectionally progressed.
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PURPOSE: A broadband optical amplifier is provided to reduce a cost by configuring in such a way that optical signals having different frequency bands share devices in an intermediate stage with maintaining an advantage of a broadband optical amplifier by coupling optical amplifiers to amplify optical signals with different wavelength band in parallel. CONSTITUTION: A broadband optical amplifier includes an input terminal(P1) and an output terminal(P2), wherein after an optical signal inputted to the input terminal(P1) is amplified, the amplified optical signal is outputted to the output terminal(P2). A demultiplexer(DMUX) divides the optical signals inputted to the input terminal(P1) into a first and a second groups of optical signals and outputs the divided optical signals to a pair of output terminals, respectively. And also, a multiplexor(MUX) implements a function of coupling the first and the second optical signals inputted into the two input terminals and outputting the coupled optical signal to the output terminal(P2).
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PURPOSE: A bidirectional WDM(Wavelength Division Multiplex) add/drop self-recovery ring-shaped metro network is provided to perform self-recovery using only one optical fiber without a specific optical switch on a transmission line when a WDM optical signal is bidirectionally transmitted in a CO(Central Office) and each RN(Remote Node) and the fault of a system is generated. CONSTITUTION: One CO and a plurality of RNs(RN1-RN3) are composed in the bidirectional WDM add/drop self-recovery ring-shaped metro network. Nodes are connected by a ring-shaped type through one optical fiber(1) for bidirectionally transmitting and receiving an optical signal. Each RN(RN1-RN3) is embodied as a BADM(Bidirectional Add/Drop Multiplexer) so that a specific wavelength signal is dropped and added in each RN(RN1-RN3).
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PURPOSE: An apparatus and method for measuring an optical signal performance using the amplitude of a clock is provided to measure the optical signal performance such as the existence of a signal and an error rate obtained when receiving the signal by extracting a clock component of data from a transmitted optical signal and measuring a level of a clock amplitude. CONSTITUTION: An optical divider(1) and a signal converter(2) divide a part of an input optical signal and process the divided optical signal as a signal including a clock component. A narrow-band optical detector(3) extracts a clock frequency component to the optical signal from the signal converter(2) and outputs a sine wave. A super high frequency rectifier(4) converts an output of the narrow-band optical detector(3) into a DC signal. A voltage measurer(5) measures a voltage level of the DC signal from the super high frequency rectifier(4).