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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tomoki Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359337 ; 359341 ;
Abstract
In an optical amplification system of the present invention, an ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) light included in a signal light band is removed to provide low noise characteristics. The signal light is amplified by an optical amplification unit, and is supplied to an ASE removal unit. In the ASE unit, the signal light is transmitted therethrough, and the ASE light is reflected in the orthogonal direction to the light propagation direction. Consequently, the optical amplification system having low noise characteristics is obtained.