Optical gain equalizer, and method for producing the optical gain equalizer, and applications of the optical gain equalizer
US6384964B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S2301/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention effectively compensates gain wavelength dependency of optical amplifiers by a simple method. That is, a value smaller than the minimum value of gain, in the range of usage wavelengths, of gain wavelength dependency data of the optical amplifiers is predetermined as a reference gain value. A loss wavelength characteristic which counterbalances the gain greater than the reference gain value is provided as an ideal loss wavelength characteristic which completely compensates the gain wavelength dependency.
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