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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2001
Makoto Murakami, Sapporo, JP;
Motoyoshi Sekiya, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideto Saito, Sapporo, JP;
Hiroaki Tomofuji, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Sakamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuo Yamane, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An optical amplifying apparatus of the present invention comprises a correction part for correcting a predetermined fixed value of an output optical level by a correction amount according to an optical power of amplified spontaneous emission (ASE). The correction amount is, for example, computed by predetermined formulas. According to the present invention, when a WDM optical signal is optically amplified, the output is fixedly amplified for each channel by the correction amount which is a value obtained with the ASE levels taken into consideration, so that a fluctuation in the level of the average optical power of the channels is suppressed even if an optical signal is dropped/added therefrom/thereto during repeated transmissions.