OPTISCHES NACHRICHTENUEBERTRAGUNGSSYSTEM MIT EINEM FASEROPTISCHEN VERSTAERKER

摘要

In an optical communication system with a fiber-optic amplifier (10) which includes a wavelength-selective fiber-optic coupler (12) for coupling pump light into the amplifying length of fiber (11), according to the invention, an additional optical signal from, e.g., a service channel is transmitted from the location of the fiber-optic amplifier (10) in one direction or the other by being coupled into the unused port (4 ) of the wavelength-selective fiber-optic coupler (12). Any coupler (12) suitable for coupling the pump light into the amplifying length of fiber (11) can thus be used to couple an additional optical signal into the fiber-optic link (15) of the system without any special step having to be taken.