Abstract:
Optical surge preventing systems and methods for rare earth-doped optical fiber amplifiers are disclosed. The systems are so arranged as to cause any signal exist in a doped fiber section so as not to excite too much the rare earth elements in the doped fiber section. In one embodiment, a background signal light with such a wavelength as to cause induced emission in the doped fiber section is always coupled into the doped fiber section regardless of whether a message signal light exists or not. The background signal light may be generated by any suitable light source or a light spontaneously emitted from either end of the doped fiber section. In another embodiment, a dummy signal light is coupled into the doped fiber section if the level of the message signal light becomes less than a predetermined value. Coupling of the background signal light or the dummy signal light into the doped fiber section may be done from either of the message signal input and output sides.
Abstract:
Optical surge preventing systems and methods for rare earth-doped optical fiber amplifiers are disclosed. The systems are so arranged as to cause any signal exist in a doped fiber section so as not to excite too much the rare earth elements in the doped fiber section. In one embodiment, a background signal light with such a wavelength as to cause induced emission in the doped fiber section is always coupled into the doped fiber section regardless of whether a message signal light exists or not. The background signal light may be generated by any suitable light source or a light spontaneously emitted from either end of the doped fiber section. In another embodiment, a dummy signal light is coupled into the doped fiber section if the level of the message signal light becomes less than a predetermined value. Coupling of the background signal light or the dummy signal light into the doped fiber section may be done from either of the message signal input and output sides.
Abstract:
An orthogonal polarization multiplexing transmission apparatus capable of performing dispersion compensation considering a short wavelength side and a long wavelength side of a zero dispersion wavelength. A plurality of light signals of different wavelengths are divided into two orthogonal polarization multiplexing portions, and the light signals of an oddnumber array polarization multiplexing portion and an even-number array polarization multiplexing portion are orthogonal-polarization-multiplexed in each orthogonal polarization multiplexing portions. Adjacent light signals of the two orthogonal polarization multiplexing portions have their mutual planes of polarization rendered non-orthogonal when multiplexed by an optical multiplexer so that, for the purpose of deterring inter-symbol interference, a guard hand having the wavelength spacing rendered wider than that on orthogonal polarization multiplexing is provided in advance.
Abstract:
Orthogonal polarization multiplexing apparatus is provided capable of performing dispersion compensation for a short wavelength side and a long wavelength side of a zero dispersion wavelength. Several orthogonal polarization multiplexers 100, 200 are provided for orthogonally polarizing even wavelengths ( g 1-2, 1-4 etc) and odd wavelengths ( g 1-1, 1-3 etc) to produce several orthogonally multiplexed wavelength bands. Adjacent wavelengths of any two bands may not be orthogonal (see figure 3) and so a guard band is provided between adjacent bands having a spacing wider than the wavelength spacing within each band (figure 2). The guard band may be achieved by removing one of the band wavelengths using a notch filter. Each band then passes through a corresponding dispersion compensation fibre (DCF) 6-1, 6-2 and are combined at an optical multiplexer 9. A common dispersion compensator 10 for all wavelengths may be provided after combining. Application is to dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM).
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus and a method for evaluating a failure in a transmission line optical fiber, in which the failure in the transmission line optical fiber is evaluated in a short time by means of a wavelength division multiplex (WDM) device which transmits an SV signal containing wavelength reception interruption information and SV wavelength reception interruption information of a present station and collects wavelength reception interruption information and SV wavelength reception interruption information of the other station. SOLUTION: The apparatus includes: a detection means for detecting information on signal wavelength interruption and SV wavelength interruption of the present station; a transfer means for periodically transferring the information detected by the detection means to the other station, a collection means for periodically receiving and collecting, in the present station, information on wavelength interruption and SV wavelength interruption detected by the other station; and an evaluation means for evaluating the failure in the transmission line optical fiber based on the information detected by the detection means and the information collected by the collection means. COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wavelength multiplex transmitting device capable of suppressing the variation of a gain profile. SOLUTION: In the wavelength multiplex transmitting device, wherein the transmission wavelength band of a transmission line is divided into a plurality of wavelength bands (e.g. wavelength band 1, wavelength band 2) and signal light is transmitted with the divided wavelength band (wavelength band 1, wavelength band 2) as a transmission unit, light source means (106, 206) are disposed for outputting dummy light to each divided wavelength band (wavelength band 1, wavelength band 2), and output power of the dummy light to be outputted from the light source means (106) is controlled so as to fix power of multiplexed light after multiplexing the signal light of the divided wavelength band (wavelength band 1) and the dummy light. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an orthogonally polarized wave multiplex transmitter capable of performing dispersion compensation for which the short wavelength side and the long wavelength side of zero dispersion wavelength are taken into consideration. SOLUTION: A plurality of the optical signals of different wavelengths are divided into orthogonally polarized wave multiplex parts 100 and 200 and the optical signals of an odd number array polarized wave multiplex part and an even number array polarized wave multiplex part are orthogonally polarized wave multiplexed in the respective orthogonally polarized wave multiplex parts. For the adjacent optical signals of the orthogonally polarized wave multiplex parts 100 and 200, since the polarization planes of each other become non- orthogonal at the time of being multiplexed in an optical multiplexer 9, a guard band for which a wavelength interval is opened wider than the one at the time of the orthogonally polarized wave multiplex beforehand for the purpose of suppressing inter-code interference is provided. The multiplex optical signals of the orthogonally polarized wave multiplex part 100 are band dispersion compensated in a dispersion compensator 6-1 and the multiplex optical signals of the orthogonally polarized wave multiplex part 200 are also band dispersion compensated in a different dispersion compensator 6-2. The respective multiplex optical signals are multiplexed in the optical multiplexer 9 and then dispersion compensated altogether in a dispersion compensator 10. COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect whether a dummy light is below the level of a signal light or cut off and send the dummy light to a rare earth element-added fiber of an optical amplifier by providing an optical coupler for applying the dummy light sent from a dummy optical source to this fiber after branching a signal light to be fed to the optical amplifier and detecting the signal light. SOLUTION: The optical signal monitor circuit has an optical brancher 11 at the signal light input which is connected to an optical detector O/E 12 for detecting a branched signal light. An electric signal output of the detector is coupled to a signal light detector circuit 13 to which a dummy optical source drive circuit 14 is connected to drive or stop a dummy optical source according to the signal level. The dummy source 15 is connected to an optical coupler 17 through an optical isolator 16. An optical multiplexer 16 is disposed to send the dummy light to an Er-added optical fiber reverse to the signal light whereby the monitor circuit detects whether the dummy light is below the level of the signal light or cut off and sends the dummy light to the rare earth element- added fiber.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device which mounts an optical band-pass filter in an optical wavelength dividing and multiplexing system and changes a center wavelength and a band width of the optical band-pass filter according to an optical wavelength band to be transmitted, and to provide a control method. SOLUTION: The optical wavelength multiplexing device 100 includes: a CPL (multiplexing portion) 3 which multiplexes optical signals and outputs the multiplexed optical signals; a BPF (optical band-pass filter) 9 which can change the center frequency and the band width, and inputs an optical signal outputted from the CPL 3; a storage portion which stores wavelength-band control information 4 which specifies the center wavelength and the band width; and a control circuit 10 which controls the center frequency and the band width of the BPF 9 based on the wavelength-band control information 4. The control circuit 10 controls the center frequency and the band width of the BPF 9 based on the wavelength-band control information 4. COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To monitor the output level of each wavelength in a wavelength multiplex transmitting device, to optionally set the output level without an operator's operating the output levels of optical amplifiers separately with manual operation and to automatically control the output level. SOLUTION: Signal light of a different wavelength is subjected to wavelength multiplexing by a wavelength multiplexing technique and outputted. In such a case, optical amplifiers 1 and 2 which separately amplify each signal light before wavelength multiplexing are provided, their output levels, each wavelength after the wavelength multiplexing and the output level of each wavelength are measured and monitored, and the output level of each of the amplifiers 1 and 2 is automatically controlled to be a target value for the output level set target value of each wavelength after the wavelength multiplexing.