摘要:
A driving circuit of a semiconductor optical amplifier type gate switch constituting a matrix optical switch is provided with an operation amplifier into which a driving signal is input and from which a current corresponding to the driving signal is output, an inductance element provided at an output terminal of the operation amplifier, and a circuit composed of a diode element and a resistor element connected in parallel and provided between the inductance element and the semiconductor optical amplifier.
摘要:
A drive circuit includes a first transistor that is controlled to be in on or off state in response to a control signal, and outputs, in on state, a positive current which is input from a first operational amplifier connected with a drain of the first transistor to a semiconductor optical amplifier; and a second transistor that is connected with a source of the first transistor, and is in inverse on or off state to the state of the first transistor. The drive circuit also includes a negative voltage circuit that is connected to a source of the second transistor, and outputs, when the second transistor is in on state, a negative current to the semiconductor optical amplifier.
摘要:
A level control circuit that generates output signal for level control includes: a control information storage that stores control information corresponding to a signal level, a control information circuit that outputs the output signal for level control corresponding to the signal level of a first input signal based on the control information stored in the control information storage; and an information update circuit that updates the control information of the control information storage according to the signal level of a second input signal.
摘要:
Optical add/drop nodes are used in a network having a pair of optical transmission paths for transmitting optical signals in opposite directions to each other. Each add/drop node comprises a variable split ratio optical coupler for splitting an optical signal output from a transmitter. The split ratio of the variable split ratio optical coupler is set such that the optical power levels of the signals added through the respective optical add/drop nodes are equal to one another respectively on the pair of optical transmission paths.
摘要:
An optical communication network includes a plurality of optical transmission devices, a communication path, an optical repeater, and a supervisory controller that includes a supervisory control information sender which is installed on at least one of one of the optical transmission devices and the optical repeater and controls a drive signal supplied to a semiconductor optical amplifier that amplifies and outputs input signal light onto the communication path on the basis of the supervisory control information, and a supervisory control information receiver that receives the light which has been output from a semiconductor optical amplifier and transmitted through the communication path, converts the received light to an electric signal and identifies the supervisory control information on the basis of an intensity-modulated component of the total power of the electric signal in at least the other of one of the optical transmission devices and the optical repeater.
摘要:
An optical network system is disclosed by which flexible wavelength path setting can be performed in accordance with tree-shaped and star-shaped network topology. A central node includes a multiplexing section for multiplexing optical signals transmitted from user nodes and inputted thereto, and a central node side branching section for branching the optical signal multiplexed by the multiplexing section and supplying the branched optical signals to the user nodes. Each of the user nodes includes a transmission section capable of outputting an optical signal to which transmission wavelengths different from those of the other user nodes are set, and a reception section for extracting selected optical wavelength components from the branched light supplied thereto from the central node side branching section and extracting optical signals from the extracted optical wavelength components.
摘要:
A drive circuit is provided for a semiconductor optical amplifier type gate switch includes a first transmission path and a second transmission path. The first transmission path includes a common first sub-path between a signal source and a first node; and an individual second sub-path for each of a plurality of operational amplifiers between the first node and a corresponding one of the operational amplifiers. The second transmission path includes an individual third sub-path between each of the operational amplifiers and a second node; and a common fourth sub-path between the second node and the semiconductor optical amplifier type gate switches. Transmission delay times of all the individual second sub-paths are equal, and transmission delay times of all the individual third sub-paths are equal.
摘要:
A drive circuit includes a first transistor that is controlled to be in on or off state in response to a control signal, and outputs, in on state, a positive current which is input from a first operational amplifier connected with a drain of the first transistor to a semiconductor optical amplifier; and a second transistor that is connected with a source of the first transistor, and is in inverse on or off state to the state of the first transistor. The drive circuit also includes a negative voltage circuit that is connected to a source of the second transistor, and outputs, when the second transistor is in on state, a negative current to the semiconductor optical amplifier.
摘要:
An apparatus has a plurality of transmitters for transmitting optical packet signals having wavelengths; a multiplexer for multiplexing the optical packet signals transmitted by the plurality of transmitters; a packet scheduler controlling a timing at which each of the transmitters transmits the optical packet signal; and an assister for controlling power of assist light in accordance with a signal from the packet scheduler and causing the assist light to be wavelength-multiplexed with the wavelength multiplexed light such that a total sum of power of the wavelength multiplexed light and the power of the assist light is held constant under a predetermined condition.
摘要:
An AOTF control apparatus, which applies an RF signal to an AOTF to allow a selected light to pass through the AOTF, includes: a first calculating unit calculating a relationship between a frequency of the RF signal and a wavelength of the selected light based on a frequency of the RF signal that allows a reference light to pass through the AOTF; and a second calculating unit calculating a relationship between a power of the RF signal and an attenuation amount of the selected light based on an input/output power of the reference signal at the input/output of the AOTF.