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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2003
Applicants:
Paolo Fella, Valvori, FR;
Rodolfo Di Muro, Coventry, GB;
Inventors:
Paolo Fella, Valvori, FR;
Rodolfo Di Muro, Coventry, GB;
Assignee:
Ericsson AB, Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for controlling the gain of an optical amplifier receiving one or more optical input signal channels at a first end include a source for generating a gain control signal, which is input to the optical amplifier at the opposite end to the input signal channels. The gain control signal is generated at a power level that produces stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in the optical amplifier.