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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2003
Mani Ramachandran, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra Sekhar Jasti, Cupertino, CA (US);
Mani Ramachandran, San Jose, CA (US);
Chandra Sekhar Jasti, Cupertino, CA (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A hub for use in a passive optical network (PON) includes a transmission fiber on which an information-bearing optical signal is received, a double-cladded, rare-earth doped fiber located along the transmission fiber for imparting gain to the information-bearing optical signal, and a combiner having an output coupled to the transmission fiber and a plurality of inputs. The output is coupled to the transmission fiber such that optical energy at pump energy wavelengths but not signal wavelengths are communicated therebetween. At least one pump source is optically coupled to one of the inputs of the combiner for providing optical pump energy to the double-cladded, rare-earth doped fiber. An optical splitter is also provided. The optical splitter has an input coupled to the transmission fiber for receiving an amplified, information-bearing optical signal and a plurality of outputs for directing portions of the amplified, information-bearing optical signal to remote nodes in the PON.