Multiple wavelength bidirectional lightwave amplifier
US5689594A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/02216
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for optimizing the performance, in a multichannel optical transmission system, of an optical signal regenerator, by compensating for input signal power fluctuation and for output signal gain change, and by mildly filtering individual wavelengths between gain block stages. A system and method to provide amplification and refinement of a bidirectional optical signal in a single amplification and refinement stage.
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