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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kim Byron Roberts, Nepean, CA;
Franz Li Mok, Kanata, CA;
Richard Achile Habel, Ottawa, CA;
Nigel Edward Jolley, Bishop's Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359341 ; 359124 ; 359177 ;
Abstract
In an optical transmission system employing optical amplifiers a method of regulating the gain of such an amplifier uses a non-linear control system whose non-linearity of operation is provided at least in part by the enabling/disabling of a portion of the control system by the operation of a transient magnitude threshold sensor.