Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute

Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Korea Telecommunication Authority

Kwangju Institute of Science and Technology

Telecommunication Authority

Chang Soo Park

Tae Young Kim

Dong Ho Lee

Gap Youl Lyu

Swook Hann

Yun Jong Kim

Soo Wook Han

Hyun Ho Yun

Chung Ghiu Lee

An all-optical carrier sense multiple access collision detection apparatus and method for checking by using mutual gain saturation whether distortion occurs in two or more optical signals due to mutual interference when the optical signals pass through a semiconductor optical amplifier.

All-optical CSMA/CD apparatus in base A ethernet and the method therefor

A wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network includes an optical line terminal for generating downstream optical signals of discrete wavelengths and for receiving upstream optical signals of discrete wavelengths, a remote node, coupled to the optical line terminal, a wavelength division unit settled to reflect a predetermined wavelength, and a plurality of optical network units. Each optical network unit has an optical source which is oscillated in a multi-mode and is self-injection locked by the predetermined wavelength provided thereto, thereby to generate the upstream optical signal in a single mode to be provided to the remote node.

WDM-PON having optical source of self-injection locked fabry-perot laser diode

A method and an apparatus for pulse-amplitude equalization of rational harmonic mode-locked optical pulses provides modulation voltages greater than a switching voltage of a dual-electorde Mach-Zehnder modulator to electrodes of the Mach-Zehnder modulator, so that rational harmonic mode-locked optical pulses experience the same transmission coefficient through the Mach-Zehnder modulator, to thereby achieve amplitude-equalized rational harmonic mode-locked optical pulse trains.

Method and apparatus for pulse-amplitude equalization of rational harmonic mode-locked optical signal

The present invention relates to an apparatus for generating quasi equally spaced multi-channel frequencies using a frequency shifter. The optical multi-channel transmission system using OFDM or WDM can be provided with quasi equally spaced(unequally sequential spaced) frequencies on the basis of the functional relation among the frequency differences(n.sub.ij =n.sub.i -n.sub.j (i=j=1,2,3, . . . n)) of any two neighboring channels. Namely, after generating equally spaced frequencies by using a reference resonator, such as a Fiber Fabry Perot(FFP) resonator, each of the equally spaced frequencies is sequentially shifted by a frequency shifter, which generates and controls the quasi equally spaced(unequally sequential spaced) frequencies in order to effectively avoid crosstalk due to FFWM, and fully make use of the transmission bandwidth belonging to the low dispersion region of the optical fiber. the effect of the present invention will be apparent as follows: by easily generating and controlling quasi equally spaced frequencies having a functional relation between two adjacent channels, crosstalk due to Fiber Four Wave Mixing(FFWM) is effectively avoided, and the transmission bandwidth in the region of the low dispersion is fully utilized. Furthermore, the compatibility is easily accomplished.

Apparatus for generating quasi equally spaced frequencies using an

A locking apparatus for an optical frequency multiplex system, including a local oscillating unit for applying low frequency signals to individual light sources and thereby making center frequencies of the light sources dither, photocouplers for grouping dithering optical signals outputted from the light sources into a single signal, a resonator for aligning the signals coupled by the photocouplers with optical frequency slots, respectively, a photodetector for converting a reflection optical signal from the photocouplers into a current signal, and an optical frequency stabilizing controller for controlling the light sources on the basis of an error signal detected by the photodetector, whereby the error signal is extracted using the reflection output rather than the transmitting output of the resonator, thereby being capable of enhancing the extinction ratio and maximizing the number of multiplexing light sources.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Chang Soo Park