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AssigneeGeneral Instrument Corporation
InventorsEric James Converse, David Ciaffa, Charles John Donaldson
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A method and apparatus is provided for controlling the optical output power from an optical amplifier arrangement. The arrangement includes a rare-earth doped fiber for imparting gain to an optical input signal propagating therethrough, a pump source for supplying pump power to the rare-earth doped fiber, and a tap for receiving a portion of the output power generated by the rare-earth doped fiber and converting it to a control signal. A controller is also provided for receiving the control signal and generating a bias current in response thereto for driving the pump source. The method begins by receiving an optical input signal that is being amplitude modulated at a prescribed frequency. The slew rate of the controller is adjusted so that the bias current drives the pump source to generate pump power that cannot vary at a rate greater than a slew-rate limit established by the controller. In this way resonance between the input signal and the frequency of the feedback control loop can be avoided.
A method for controlling the optical output power from an optical amplifier arrangement that includes a rare-earth doped fiber for imparting gain to an optical input signal propagating therethrough, a pump source for supplying pump power to the rare-earth doped fiber, a tap for receiving a portion of the output power generated by the rare-earth doped fiber and converting said portion of the output power to a control signal, and a controller receiving the control signal and generating a bias current in response thereto for driving the pump source, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for controlling the optical output power from an optical amplifier arrangement that includes a rare-earth doped fiber for imparting gain to an optical input signal propagating therethrough, a pump source for supplying pump power to the rare-earth doped fiber, a tap for receiving a portion of the output power generated by the rare-earth doped fiber and converting said portion of the output power to a control signal, and a controller receiving the control signal and generating a bias current in response thereto for driving the pump source, said method comprising the steps of:
An optical amplifier arrangement comprising:
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