| 摘要 |
An object of the present invention is to prevent an interruption circuit of an optical amplifier from malfunctioning due to Raman pump wave. A typical mode of the present invention is characterized in that an pump wave elimination filter is inserted before an input-light detector and a reflected-light detector which constitute the optical amplifier. This permits only a signal component to be detected, enabling interruption operation, while eliminating a remaining component of Raman pump wave transmitted from for example a downstream of an optical fiber transmission line. In addition, a judgment threshold value for the interruption operation is changed according to ON/OFF condition of the pump wave. Or the Raman pump wave itself is used for detecting output's open.
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