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Twin Optical Amplifer with Idual Pump Power Control Cross Reference to Related Applications
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| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | (60) Provisional application No. 60/702,235, filed on Jul. An apparatus for amplifying optical communications sys 25, 2005. tems is provided in which one or more amplifier modules, each containing an optical amplifier and at least two pump (51) Int. Cl. lasers, are optically isolated from a plurality of control mod H04B I/2 (2006.01) ules. Each control module controls a single pump laser in one (52) U.S. Cl. .............................. 359/3413: 359/34.133 or more of the amplifier modules. A control module can thus s 359/341. 4 be removed without disabling any amplifier module, while (58) Field of Classification Search .............. 350413, the plurality of pump lasers in each amplifier module allow 359/3 41.33 for effective operation even if one of the pump lasers should See application file for complete search history. fail. The pump lasers in each module are controlled by a master-slave relationship, whereby the master pump laser is (56) References Cited adjusted to optimise overall output, while the slave laser(s) U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS are adjusted to equalize the power output of the lasers. |
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| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
