Gain adjuster, gain adjustment method, and optical line terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12573805-B2
Application number	US-202217836775-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 9, 2022
Priority date	Dec 13, 2019
Publication date	Mar 10, 2026
Grant date	Mar 10, 2026

Abstract

A gain adjuster, a gain adjustment method, and an optical line terminal are provided, to separately adjust a gain of a to-be-adjusted optical signal. The gain adjuster includes a light spot conversion component and a gain medium that are sequentially coupled. The gain adjuster further includes a pump laser. The light spot conversion component is configured to adjust light spot sizes of at least some optical signals in received optical signals to output a first optical signal transmitted in space. The pump laser is configured to excite the gain medium. The gain medium is configured to adjust a gain of the first optical signal to output a second optical signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A gain adjuster, comprising:
a light spot conversion component and a gain medium that are sequentially coupled; and a pump laser, wherein, the light spot conversion component is configured to adjust light spot sizes of at least some optical signals in received optical signals to output a first optical signal transmitted in space; the pump laser is configured to excite the gain medium; the gain medium is configured to adjust, when exited by the pump laser, a gain of the first optical signal to output a second optical signal; and wherein the first optical signal is incident on the gain medium at a first location, light from the pump laser is incident on the gain medium at a second location, and the second optical signal is output from the gain medium at a third location, and the first location, the second location, and the third location are different locations.

2 . The gain adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the pump laser is coupled to the gain medium, and the pump laser is located in a region opposite to a side face of the gain medium; and
wherein the pump laser is configured to output a pump light to perform side-face excitation on the gain medium using the pump light.

3 . The gain adjuster according to claim 2 , wherein the gain adjuster further comprises a light spot shaping component coupled between the gain medium and the pump laser; and
the light spot shaping component is configured to shape the pump light to form a shaped pump light, the shaped pump light being used to excite the gain medium, and wherein the shaped pump light forms a pump light radiation region, and the gain medium is located in the pump light radiation region.

4 . The gain adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the pump laser is coupled to the gain medium, and the pump laser is located in a region opposite to an end face of the gain medium; and
wherein the pump laser is configured to output a pump light to perform end-face excitation on the gain medium using the pump light.

5 . The gain adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein a light spot size of the first optical signal is positively correlated with a gain magnitude of the second optical signal.

6 . The gain adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the gain adjuster further comprises a first beam conversion component and a second beam conversion component, the first beam conversion component, the light spot conversion component, the gain medium, and the second beam conversion component being sequentially coupled;
the first beam conversion component is configured to divide a wavelength division multiplexing signal to output a plurality of channels of to-be-adjusted optical signals; the light spot conversion component is further configured to separately adjust light spot sizes of the plurality of channels of to-be-adjusted optical signals to output a plurality of channels of first optical signals, wherein the at least some optical signals comprise the plurality of channels of to-be-adjusted optical signals; the gain medium is further configured to separately adjust gains of the plurality of channels of first optical signals to output a plurality of channels of second optical signals; and the second beam conversion component is configured to multiplex the plurality of channels of second optical signals.

7 . The gain adjuster according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of channels of to-be-adjusted optical signals corresponds to a gain value in a gain curve, and
the light spot conversion component is further configured to adjust a light spot size of each of the plurality of channels of to-be-adjusted optical signals to obtain a target light spot size, wherein the target light spot size is a light spot size of a to-be-adjusted optical signal corresponding to a maximum value in a plurality of gain values, and the gain medium is configured to perform gain adjustment based on the gain curve.

8 . The gain adjuster according to claim 1 , wherein the light spot conversion component is configured to adjust the light spot sizes of the at least some optical signals based on a preset focal length, the preset focal length corresponding to wavelengths of the at least some optical signals.

9 . A method applied to a gain adjuster, comprising:
adjusting, by a light spot conversion component of the gain adjuster, light spot sizes of at least some optical signals in received optical signals to output a first optical signal transmitted in space; exciting, by a pump laser of the gain adjuster, a gain medium of the gain adjuster; and adjusting, by the gain medium when excited by the pump laser, a gain of the first optical signal to output a second optical signal; and wherein the first optical signal is incident on the gain medium at a first location, light from the pump laser is incident on the gain medium at a second location, and the second optical signal is output from the gain medium at a third location, and the first location, the second location, and the third location are different locations.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
shaping, by a light spot shaping component coupled between the gain medium and the pump laser, a pump light to form a shaped pump light, the pump light being generated by the pump laser, and the shaped pump light being used to excite the gain medium, wherein the shaped pump light forms a pump light radiation region, and the gain medium is located in the pump light radiation region.

11 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein a light spot size of the first optical signal is positively correlated with a gain magnitude of the second optical signal.

12 . An optical line terminal comprising:
a gain adjuster connected to a passive optical splitter through a feeder fiber, the gain adjuster being configured to adjust a gain of a received optical signal, and the gain adjuster comprising: a light spot conversion component and a gain medium that are sequentially coupled; and a pump laser; and wherein the light spot conversion component is configured to adjust light spot sizes of at least some optical signals in received optical signals to output a first optical signal transmitted in space; the pump laser is configured to excite the gain medium; and the gain medium is configured to adjust, when exited by the pump laser, a gain of the first optical signal to output a second optical signal.

13 . The optical line terminal according to claim 12 , wherein the pump laser is coupled to the gain medium, and the pump laser is located in a region opposite to a side face of the gain medium; and wherein the pump laser is configured to output a pump light to perform side-face excitation on the gain medium using the pump light; or
the pump laser is coupled to the gain medium, and the pump laser is located in a region opposite to an end face of the gain medium; and wherein the pump laser is configured to output a pump light to perform end-face excitation on the gain medium using the pump light.

14 . The optical line terminal according to claim 13 , wherein the gain adjuster further comprises a light spot shaping component coupled between the gain medium and the pump laser; and
the light spot shaping component is configured to shape the pump light to form a shaped pump light, the shaped pump light being used to excite the gain medium, and wherein the shaped pump light forms a pump light radiation region, and the gain medium is located in the pump light radiation region.

15 . The optical line terminal according to claim 12 , wherein a light spot size of the first optical signal is positively

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yu Yongze
• Jiang Hengyun
• Yan Yunfei

Classifications

• H01S3/10007

  in optical amplifiers · CPC title

• H01S3/094 Primary

  by coherent light · CPC title

• H01S2301/04

  Gain spectral shaping, flattening · CPC title

• H01S3/1608

  erbium · CPC title

• H01S3/2383

  Parallel arrangements · CPC title