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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2003
Sun-hyok Chang, Daejeon, KR;
Hee-sang Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-soo Han, Daejeon, KR;
Seung-kwan Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Won-kyoung Lee, Busan, KR;
Moo-jung Chu, Daejeon, KR;
Sun-Hyok Chang, Daejeon, KR;
Hee-Sang Chung, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-Soo Han, Daejeon, KR;
Seung-Kwan Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Won-Kyoung Lee, Busan, KR;
Moo-Jung Chu, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
A method for realizing, in a fiber amplifier with three stages of amplifiers, automatic gain control in which a constant gain is obtained when channels are varied, and automatic level control in which a constant output per channel is obtained when a light power is varied because of variations in span loss. A light power or another light power of a specific wavelength is monitored to determine when variations in these light powers take place, current values of pump laser diodes appropriate for an input is read from a lookup table, and pump laser diodes are driven. During this operation, a pump power of the first stage amplifier is constantly maintained, and those of the second or third stage amplifier are controlled.