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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2002
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an optical fiber transmission line and the like comprising a structure for enabling repeating sections to become further longer. The optical fiber transmission line comprises first and second optical fibers successively disposed along the traveling direction of signal light, and an optical multiplexer for supplying Raman amplification pumping light to one of the first and second optical fibers. The first and second optical fibers are optically connected to each other. The second optical fiber has an effective area smaller than that of the first optical fiber, and a chromatic dispersion and a length which are different from those of the first optical fiber. In particular, the respective lengths of the first and second optical fibers are appropriately regulated so as to effectively suppress nonlinear phenomena other than Raman amplification.