GB9616518D0 - Bidirectional optical amplifier for wavelength-division multiplex optical system - Google Patents

Bidirectional optical amplifier for wavelength-division multiplex optical system

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GB9616518D0
GB9616518D0 GB9616518A GB9616518A GB9616518D0 GB 9616518 D0 GB9616518 D0 GB 9616518D0 GB 9616518 A GB9616518 A GB 9616518A GB 9616518 A GB9616518 A GB 9616518A GB 9616518 D0 GB9616518 D0 GB 9616518D0
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Prior art keywords
wavelength
division multiplex
optical system
bidirectional
optical amplifier
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GB2304248A (en
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Orange SA
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France Telecom SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/29—Repeaters
    • H04B10/291—Repeaters in which processing or amplification is carried out without conversion of the main signal from optical form
    • H04B10/297—Bidirectional amplification
    • H04B10/2971—A single amplifier for both directions
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/10—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating
    • H01S3/10007—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating in optical amplifiers
    • H01S3/10023—Controlling the intensity, frequency, phase, polarisation or direction of the emitted radiation, e.g. switching, gating, modulating or demodulating in optical amplifiers by functional association of additional optical elements, e.g. filters, gratings, reflectors
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/0675—Resonators including a grating structure, e.g. distributed Bragg reflectors [DBR] or distributed feedback [DFB] fibre lasers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/06754—Fibre amplifiers
    • H01S3/06787—Bidirectional amplifier
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/23—Arrangements of two or more lasers not provided for in groups H01S3/02 - H01S3/22, e.g. tandem arrangements of separate active media
    • H01S3/2308—Amplifier arrangements, e.g. MOPA
    • H01S3/2325—Multi-pass amplifiers, e.g. regenerative amplifiers
    • H01S3/2333—Double-pass amplifiers

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Plasma & Fusion (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
  • Lasers (AREA)
GB9616518A 1995-08-07 1996-08-06 Bidirectional optical amplifier for wavelength-division multiplex optical system Expired - Fee Related GB2304248B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR9509578A FR2737787B1 (en) 1995-08-07 1995-08-07 BIDIRECTIONAL OPTICAL AMPLIFIER FOR WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING OPTICAL SYSTEMS

Publications (3)

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GB9616518D0 true GB9616518D0 (en) 1996-09-25
GB2304248A GB2304248A (en) 1997-03-12
GB2304248B GB2304248B (en) 1999-09-15

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GB9616518A Expired - Fee Related GB2304248B (en) 1995-08-07 1996-08-06 Bidirectional optical amplifier for wavelength-division multiplex optical system

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FR (1) FR2737787B1 (en)
GB (1) GB2304248B (en)

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US6160660A (en) * 1997-12-31 2000-12-12 Pirelli Cavi E Sistemi S.P.A. Bidirectional optical transmission system for dense interleaved wavelength division multiplexing
JP3092703B2 (en) * 1998-01-14 2000-09-25 日本電気株式会社 Bidirectional optical amplifier module
JPH11274625A (en) * 1998-03-19 1999-10-08 Nec Corp Optical fiber amplifier and optical fiber amplifier for bidirectional optical transmission employing it
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EP0535590B1 (en) * 1991-09-30 1998-02-04 Nec Corporation Two-way repeater employing optical amplification
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GB2265751B (en) * 1992-03-23 1995-12-20 Univ Southampton Optical amplifier with automatic self adjusting gain spectrum
US5283686A (en) * 1992-07-27 1994-02-01 General Instrument Corporation, Jerrold Communications Optical systems with grating reflector
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GB2304248A (en) 1997-03-12
GB2304248B (en) 1999-09-15
FR2737787B1 (en) 1997-10-31
FR2737787A1 (en) 1997-02-14

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