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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1998
Satoru Okano, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Nishimoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuo Yamane, Kawasaki, JP;
Takashi Tsuda, Kawasaki, JP;
Yumiko Kawasaki, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical transmission device and an optical communication system applied to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM). The optical transmission device includes an optical multiplexer for wavelength division multiplexing a plurality of optical signals to generate WDM signal light and outputting the WDM signal light to an optical transmission line, a detecting unit for detecting a break of each optical signal according to the power of each optical signal, and a compensator for adding light having a predetermined wavelength to the WDM signal light when at least one of the optical signals is cut off. Through the structure of the present invention it becomes possible to prevent a deterioration in transmission quality in the case that the number of WDM channels is changed.