Fujitsu Corporation

Hiroto Ikeda

Tsukasa Takahashi

Hiroyuki Deguchi

Eiji Ishikawa

Toshihiro Ohtani

A reliable optical transmission system with an improved signal control mechanism that avoids abrupt power variations of light beams, thereby preventing optical supervisory channel (OSC) signals from experiencing errors. An optical amplifier amplifies main signals under the control of an optical amplifier controller, which spends a first predetermined time to raise the output power of the optical amplifier up to a desired level. A pump light source produces a pump beam for injection to a fiber-optic transmission line so as to make it serve as an amplifying medium. The pump light source is controlled by a pump light source controller that spends a second predetermined time to raise the pump beam to a desired power level. This stepwise start-up process of the amplifier power and pump beam power prevents OSC signals from experiencing abrupt power variations.

Optical transmission system

An optical terminal apparatus includes a plurality of signal light units that transmits and receives a signal light having a predetermined wavelength; at least one pumping light unit that emits a pumping light having a predetermined wavelength to perform Raman amplification for the signal light transmitted; and an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer that multiplexes/demultiplexes the signal light and the pumping light, the optical multiplexer/demultiplexer having one end connected to an optical transmission path and other end connected to the signal light units and the pumping light unit.

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Hokkaido, Japan

Hiroto Ikeda