Optical amplification system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10965095-B2
Application number	US-202016786644-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 10, 2020
Priority date	Aug 10, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

An optical amplification system includes: a first amplification module configured to amplify at least a conventional band (C band) optical signal; a second amplification module configured to amplify a longer wavelength band (L band) optical signal; an attenuator configured to attenuate at least the C band optical signal to obtain a first optical signal and a second optical signal, where the attenuator is further configured to output the first optical signal to the second amplification module and output the second optical signal to a wavelength division multiplexing module, which is configured to combine and output the C band optical signal and the L band optical signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical amplification system, comprising:
a first amplifier configured to amplify a conventional band (C band) optical signal;
a second amplifier configured to amplify a longer wavelength band (L band) optical signal;
an attenuator configured to:
attenuate at least a first part of the C band optical signal;
transparently transmit a second part of the C band optical signal to obtain a first optical signal and a second optical signal, wherein the first optical signal is attenuated light of the C band optical signal, and wherein the second optical signal is the second part;
output the first optical signal to the second amplifier; and
output the second optical signal, wherein the first optical signal is for performing auxiliary pumping of the second amplifier; and

a wavelength division multiplexer configured to:
receive the second optical signal from the attenuator;
combine the C band optical signal and the L band optical signal; and
output a combined signal.

2. The optical amplification system according to claim 1 , wherein the first amplifier and the second amplifier are connected in parallel.

3. The optical amplification system according to claim 2 , further comprising a third amplifier configured to amplify the C band optical signal.

4. The optical amplification system according to claim 3 , wherein the attenuator is configured to output the second optical signal to the wavelength division multiplexer.

5. The optical amplification system according to claim 4 , wherein the first amplifier and the third amplifier are connected in series.

6. The optical amplification system according to claim 3 , further comprising a fourth amplifier configured to amplify the L band optical signal.

7. The optical amplification system according to claim 6 , wherein the attenuator is configured to pump the L band optical signal of the second amplifier using the first optical signal to obtain a third optical signal.

8. The optical amplification system according to claim 7 , wherein the fourth amplifier is configured to:
amplify the third optical signal; and
output the third optical signal to the wavelength division multiplexer.

9. The optical amplification system according to claim 8 , wherein the second amplifier and the fourth amplifier are connected in series.

10. The optical amplification system according to claim 9 , wherein the first amplifier and the second amplifier are connected in series.

11. The optical amplification system according to claim 10 , wherein the attenuator is further configured to attenuate the L band optical signal output by the first amplifier.

12. The optical amplification system according to claim 11 , further comprising a fifth amplifier configured to amplify the C band optical signal.

13. The optical amplification system according to claim 12 , wherein the fifth amplifier is configured to:
amplify the second optical signal; and
output the second optical signal to the wavelength division multiplexer.

14. The optical amplification system according to claim 13 , wherein the fifth amplifier and the second amplifier are connected in parallel.

15. The optical amplification system according to claim 1 , wherein the first amplifier is further configured to amplify the L band optical signal.

16. The optical amplification system according to claim 1 , further comprising a band-pass filter between the first amplifier and the second amplifier, wherein the band-pass filter is configured to at least filter out-of-band noise of the band-pass filter, and wherein the out-of-band noise comprises an L band optical signal.

17. The optical amplification system according to claim 1 , wherein the first amplifier is further configured to amplify the L band optical signal, wherein the first amplifier and the second amplifier are connected in series, wherein the optical amplification system further comprises a sixth amplifier configured to amplify the C band optical signal, wherein the second optical signal is amplified by the sixth amplifier and is then output to the wavelength division multiplexer, and wherein the sixth amplifier and the second amplifier are connected in parallel.

18. The optical amplification system according to claim 17 , further comprising a band-pass filter between the sixth amplifier and the second amplifier, wherein the band-pass filter is configured to at least filter out-of-band noise of the band-pass filter, and wherein the out-of-band noise comprises an L band optical signal.

19. The optical amplification system according to claim 1 , wherein the first amplifier comprises an erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA).

20. The optical amplification system according to claim 1 , wherein the attenuator comprises at least one of: an optical splitter based on a variable transmissive/reflective film technology, an acousto-optic/electro-optic effect optical splitter, a variable fiber coupling length attenuator, a Mach Zehnder Interferometer, a micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS), or a liquid crystal on silicon optical splitter.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Luo Xiaodong
• Qiu Shaofeng
• Wu Bo

Classifications

• H04J14/02 Primary

  Wavelength-division multiplex systems · CPC title

• H01S3/0677

  L-band amplifiers, i.e. amplification in the range of about 1560 nm to 1610 nm · CPC title

• H01S3/06766 Primary

  C-band amplifiers, i.e. amplification in the range of about 1530 nm to 1560 nm · CPC title

• H01S3/1608

  erbium · CPC title

• H01S3/094003

  the pumped medium being a fibre · CPC title