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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2003
Shohei Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical repeater includes: a first forward pumping coupler and a first backward pumping coupler inserted in an uplink optical fiber consecutively along the transfer direction of the optical signals therein; a second backward pumping coupler and a second forward pumping coupler inserted in a downlink optical fiber consecutively along the transfer direction of the optical signals therein; a first light source for supplying a pump light having a controlled power level to the first backward pumping coupler and the second forward pumping coupler; a second light source for supplying a pump light having a controlled power level to the first forward pumping coupler and the second backward pumping coupler. Each of the pumping couplers is a Raman amplifier.