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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2006
Alessandro Sguazzotti, Caponago, IT;
Cristiana Muzio, Ivrea, IT;
Alessandro Sguazzotti, Caponago, IT;
Cristiana Muzio, Ivrea, IT;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for providing amplification to coarse wave division multiplexing channels or signals are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an arrangement that adds gain to a set of signals that may be divided into a first band including signals of lower wavelengths and a second band including signals of higher wavelengths includes a multiplexer, first and second optical amplifiers, and a processing arrangement. The multiplexer multiplexes the set of signals. The first optical amplifier has a first gain peak and provides amplification to the set of signals, while the second optical amplifier has a second gain peak and provides amplification to the second band but not to the first band. The processing arrangement passes the second band from the first optical amplifier to the second optical amplifier, and substantially prevents the first band from passing from the first optical amplifier to the second optical amplifier.