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Optical switching device and communications system

  • US 8,712,238 B2
  • Filed: 08/25/2011
  • Issued: 04/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical switching device comprising:

  • a optical add/drop multiplexer that at least adds an optical signal into and/or drops an optical signal from wavelength division multiplexed light that is wavelength division multiplexed optical signals;

    a plurality of amplifiers that are disposed on optical paths included in the optical add/drop multiplexer and that can use supplied pump light to amplify the optical signals;

    an optical source that generates the pump light;

    an optical switch that supplies the generated pump light to any one of the amplifiers; and

    a controller that identifies an amplifier whose power of an internal laser diode (LD) is insufficient among the amplifiers and controls the optical source and the optical switch such that the pump light is supplied to the identified amplifier.

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