Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090047028 | QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING MODULATOR AND PHASE SHIFT AMOUNT CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The improved quadrature phase shift keying modulator has a structure such that the average light output power of phase-shift keying modulation light output from the combining unit is changed according to the phase difference between the first and the second optical signal after being combined by means of applying driving signals different in eye crossing percentage by the first modulator and the second modulator, respectively, and has a power monitor monitoring the average light output power of quadrature phase-shift keying modulated light and a phase shift controlling unit which performs feedback control of the phase shift amount in the phase shifting unit based on the average light output power monitored by the power monitor. | 02-19-2009 |
20090080894 | Chromatic dispersion compensating apparatus - In order to compensate for chromatic dispersion ad dispersion slope over an entire wavelength band of the optical signal, the wavelength band is split into a plurality of bands, and chromatic dispersion compensation is made to make chromatic dispersion in a central wavelength of each of the bands zero. | 03-26-2009 |
20090136229 | Method and System for Transmitting Information in an Optical Communication System Using Distributed Amplification - A method and system for transmitting information in an optical communication system includes modulating a non-intensity characteristic of an optical carrier signal with a data signal to generate an optical information signal. The optical information signal is transmitted over an optical link. The optical information signal is amplified over a length of the optical link with a co-launched amplification signal traveling in the optical link in a same direction as the optical information signal. | 05-28-2009 |
20090148166 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer - An optical add/drop multiplexer includes a first optical coupler receiving an optical signal including a plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a wavelength blocker receiving the optical signal from the first optical coupler, and blocking at least one wavelength of the plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a first wavelength selective switch, having one input port receiving the outputted optical signal from the first optical coupler and a plurality of output ports, demultiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected multiplexed wavelengths from the received optical signal, a second wavelength selective switch, having a plurality of input ports, each input port receiving a different optical signal and one output port, multiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected wavelength signals on the plurality of input ports, and a second optical coupler receiving the optical signal output from the wavelength blocker and multiplexed wavelength signal from the second wavelength selective switch. | 06-11-2009 |
20090220242 | OPTICAL ADDING AND DROPPING DEVICE AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS - An optical adding and dropping device includes a drop section including an input port and having a through port and a plurality of drop ports set as output ports, a first multiplexer adapted to multiplex light from the through port and light from a plurality of add ports, and a spectrum foot removing section provided on the input side of the first multiplexer and adapted to remove a foot of a spectrum of light to be inputted from the add ports to the first multiplexer. The optical adding and dropping device can be configured at a low cost while it has adding and dropping functions. | 09-03-2009 |
20100028007 | Optical transmission apparatus - Where add optical signals have k different bit rates, an add controller is connected to k (02-04-2010 | |
20100135664 | Chromatic dispersion compensating apparatus - In order to compensate for chromatic dispersion ad dispersion slope over an entire wavelength band of the optical signal, the wavelength band is split into a plurality of bands, and chromatic dispersion compensation is made to make chromatic dispersion in a central wavelength of each of the bands zero. | 06-03-2010 |
20110038636 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer - An optical add/drop multiplexer includes a first optical coupler receiving an optical signal including a plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a wavelength blocker receiving the optical signal from the first optical coupler, and blocking at least one wavelength of the plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a first wavelength selective switch, having one input port receiving the outputted optical signal from the first optical coupler and a plurality of output ports, demultiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected multiplexed wavelengths from the received optical signal, a second wavelength selective switch, having a plurality of input ports, each input port receiving a different optical signal and one output port, multiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected wavelength signals on the plurality of input ports, and a second optical coupler receiving the optical signal output from the wavelength blocker and multiplexed wavelength signal from the second wavelength selective switch. | 02-17-2011 |
20120128351 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, MEASURING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - A communication system including: a transmission apparatus configured to modulate a first light by using a first signal to be transferred and a second signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the first signal so as to generate a first optical signal, modulate a second light by using a third signal to be transferred and a fourth signal having a frequency different from a frequency of the third signal so as to generate a second optical signal, polarization-multiplex the first optical signal and the second optical signal, and transmit a polarization-multiplexed optical signal in which the first optical signal and the second optical signal are polarization-multiplexed, each of the first light and the second light being polarized; and a measuring apparatus configured to measure powers of the second signal and the fourth signal which are included in the polarization-multiplexed optical signal transmitted from the transmission apparatus. | 05-24-2012 |