Optical transmitter and optical transmission method

• Main Authors: Sakata Tomoyuki, Matsunaga Koji, Toyozumi Tatsuya, Bato Koji, Kishida Tatsuro, Sakane Yuichiro, Kawasaki Wataru
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 05.09.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION; SELECTING; TRANSMISSION

An optical transmitter includes a dummy optical source, a polarized wave beam coupler, and an auto gain control (AGC)-system amplifier. The dummy optical source outputs, out of an optical signal in which an optical path signal and an optical packet signal are mixed, a dummy signal having a wavelengt...