| 摘要 |
<p>To provide an optical amplifier which optically amplifies inputted WDM light and outputs the amplified signal light, and a control circuit of an optical branching unit and an optical output level detector and an optical amplifier, which optically branches part of the amplified signal light and monitors the light and controls the gain of the optical amplifier and controls the optical output level of the amplified signal light so that it may be constant. Furthermore, there is provided a quasi-signal WDM which wavelength-division-multiplexes the first and second quasi-signal lights having a wavelength shorter than the wavelength band of the WDM light and a wavelength longer than that with the WDM light and which puts the light in the optical amplifier. On the output side of the optical amplifier, an wavelength division multiplexer is arranged, and a first amplified quasi-signal light and a second amplified quasi-signal light are taken out of the amplified signal light respectively, and optical output levels thereof are detected, and the attenuation amount of a variable attenuator is controlled so that the levels of both may be approximately the same, and the gain of the optical amplification imposed on the optical amplifier is controlled. The optical amplification can be performed in the state where the degradation of the gain flatness of the optical amplifier itself caused by the change of the ambient temperature or the like is prevented and the gain uniformity between each signal light of the WDM light is kept. <IMAGE></p> |
