Dual-Direction OTDR System for Inter-Node Communications

    公开(公告)号:US20220321212A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17806892

    申请日:2022-06-14

    IPC分类号: H04B10/071 H04B10/25

    摘要: Modules for optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) are connected via at least one fiber link of a fiber optic communication network. The modules can perform OTDR operations on the at least one fiber link. In addition, the modules can establish an inter-node communication channel between each other on the at least one fiber link. The channel allows the OTDR modules to synchronize their OTDR operations and to exchange information, such as OTDR traces, between each other.

    Master oscillator power amplifier

    公开(公告)号:US10727643B1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-28

    申请号:US16268315

    申请日:2019-02-05

    摘要: A fiber-based master optical power amplifier (MOPA) is configured to utilize a pump source that operates in pulse mode with the arrival time of the pump pulses coordinated with the arrival time of the input pulses. The width of the pump pulses is also controlled, thus providing a mechanism for controlling both the amount of pump energy injected into the fiber amplifier, as well as the overlap in time between the pump pulse and the seed pulse. As the pulse repetition interval (PRI) of the input seed pulse changes, the timing of the pump pulses and their width are also changed so that a “constant gain” environment is created within the amplifying medium, providing an essentially constant energy output pulse, regardless of differences in ASE generated during different PRIs.

    Pump modulation for optical amplifier link communication

    公开(公告)号:US11588295B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-21

    申请号:US16672316

    申请日:2019-11-01

    摘要: A system and method for communicating supervisory information between amplifier nodes in an optical communication network utilizes modulation of an included pump source to superimpose the supervisory information on through-transmitted customer signals (or ASE associated with the amplifier if no customer traffic is present). The supervisory information (which may include monitoring messages, provisioning data, protocol updates, and the like) is utilized as an input to an included modulator, which then forms a drive signal for the pump controller. In a preferred embodiment, binary FSK modulation is used.

    Pump Modulation For Optical Amplifier Link Communication

    公开(公告)号:US20210135425A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-06

    申请号:US16672316

    申请日:2019-11-01

    IPC分类号: H01S3/13 H01S3/10 H01S3/094

    摘要: A system and method for communicating supervisory information between amplifier nodes in an optical communication network utilizes modulation of an included pump source to superimpose the supervisory information on through-transmitted customer signals (or ASE associated with the amplifier if no customer traffic is present). The supervisory information (which may include monitoring messages, provisioning data, protocol updates, and the like) is utilized as an input to an included modulator, which then forms a drive signal for the pump controller. In a preferred embodiment, binary FSK modulation is used.

    Master Oscillator Power Amplifier
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20200251877A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-06

    申请号:US16268315

    申请日:2019-02-05

    摘要: A fiber-based master optical power amplifier (MOPA) is configured to utilize a pump source that operates in pulse mode with the arrival time of the pump pulses coordinated with the arrival time of the input pulses. The width of the pump pulses is also controlled, thus providing a mechanism for controlling both the amount of pump energy injected into the fiber amplifier, as well as the overlap in time between the pump pulse and the seed pulse. As the pulse repetition interval (PRI) of the input seed pulse changes, the timing of the pump pulses and their width are also changed so that a “constant gain” environment is created within the amplifying medium, providing an essentially constant energy output pulse, regardless of differences in ASE generated during different PRIs.