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US 7,068,940 B1Granted
System and method for monitoring and controlling light propagation in an optical transmission system
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorSheryl Leigh Woodward
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Abstract
According to the present invention, a system and method provides for monitoring and controlling light propagation in optical transmission systems. The system either includes an optical circulator coupled to an optical add mechanism and is used to detect light propagation, or an optical monitoring device is coupled to the optical circulator and to the optical add device via a feedback path to control light propagation.
Claims5
An add multiplexer comprising:
- an input port;
- an optical circulator comprising a first port, a second port, and a third port, said first port of said optical circulator coupled to said input port;
- an optical monitor mechanism coupled to said third port of said optical circulator;
- a wavelength add mechanism having an input port X that is connected to said second port of said optical circulator, an input port Y and an output port Z, which wavelength add mechanism is adapted to direct substantially all of a signal's optical power that is applied to input port Y flowing out of its output port Z, leaving an errant signal fraction of said optical power flowing out of said input port Y;
- a tunable signal source interposed between said input port Y and said optical monitor mechanism thereby providing a feedback path that allows said errant signal fraction of said optical power flowing out of said input port X to influence the signal is applied to input port Y;
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- an output port coupled to said output port Z.
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