Abstract: An optical signal transmitting device comprises an optical transmitter and a mode converter. The optical transmitter transmits a multi-path transmitted initial optical signal to the mode converter, wherein the initial optical signal comprises a first optical signal and a second optical signal both having a first wavelength, and a third optical signal having a second wavelength different from first wavelength. The mode converter is configured to perform phase conversion on the incident initial optical signal to obtain and reflect a first target optical signal, which is single-path transmitted and comprises the third optical signal, the first optical signal transmitted in a first mode, and the second optical signal transmitted in a second mode different from the first mode.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide example multi-core fiber interleavers, example optical fiber amplifiers, example transmission systems, and example transmission methods. One example multi-core fiber interleaver includes a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port, respectively adapted to be coupled to a first multi-core fiber, a second multi-core fiber, a third multi-core fiber, and a fourth multi-core fiber. A first subset of a plurality of first cores is coupled to a first subset of a plurality of second cores. A first subset of a plurality of third cores is coupled to a first subset of a plurality of fourth cores. A second subset of the plurality of fourth cores is coupled to a second subset of the plurality of second cores. A second subset of the third cores is coupled to a second subset of the first cores.

Abstract: An optical add-drop multiplexer and a branching unit are provided, where implementation of the optical add-drop multiplexer includes: an optical processing component, a first combining device, a second combining device, and a second scrambler, where the optical processing component includes an input end, a first output end, a second output end, and a third output end; the first output end of the optical processing component is connected to a first input end of the second combining device, and the second output end of the optical processing component is connected an input end of the second scrambler; an output end of the second scrambler is connected to a second input end of the second combining device; and the third output end of the optical processing component is connected to a first input end of the first combining device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical repeater and an optical fiber communications system. An implementation solution of the optical repeater includes: a first input end of the optical repeater, a first output end of the optical repeater, a first erbium doped fiber, a first coupler, a second coupler, and a first pump light processing component, where the first input end of the optical repeater is connected to an input end of the first erbium doped fiber, an output end of the first erbium doped fiber is connected to an input end of the first coupler, a first output end of the first coupler is connected to a first input end of the second coupler, and an output end of the second coupler is connected to the first output end of the optical repeater.

Abstract: An optical add/drop multiplexer branching apparatus is provided in the embodiments of the present invention, where the optical add/drop multiplexer branching unit includes: a trunk input end, a branch input end, a trunk output end, a branch output end, an optical add/drop multiplexer, a first coupler, a first detection circuit, and a control circuit, where the optical add/drop multiplexer includes an optical switch. A detection circuit detects whether a fault occurs in a trunk, and in a case in which a fault occurs in the trunk, a working mode is switched from a first working mode to a second working mode, to implement automatic redundancy on the trunk and ensure normal communication on a branch.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer apparatus, and relate to the field of communications, so as to solve the problem of inconvenient line failure detection. The ROADM apparatus includes: a first ROADM, a second ROADM, one splitting coupler, four optical amplifiers, and four couplers. The embodiments of the present invention are used in a communications line architecture.

Abstract: A communications device is disclosed and includes: a first acquiring unit for acquiring first specific wavelength light and second specific wavelength light from a first optical path; a first receiving unit for converting the first specific wavelength light coming from the first acquiring unit into a first electrical signal; a first control unit for sending a first modulating signal to a first loopback unit according to the first electrical signal coming from the first receiving unit; and the first loopback unit for modulating the second specific wavelength light coming from the first acquiring unit according to the first modulating signal, and looping the modulated second specific wavelength light back to a second optical path, where a transmission direction of an optical signal in the second optical path is opposite to a transmission direction of an optical signal in the first optical path. The present invention further discloses a communications method.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical repeater and an optical fiber communications system. An implementation solution of the optical repeater includes: a first input end of the optical repeater, a first output end of the optical repeater, a first erbium doped fiber, a first coupler, a second coupler, and a first pump light processing component, where the first input end of the optical repeater is connected to an input end of the first erbium doped fiber, an output end of the first erbium doped fiber is connected to an input end of the first coupler, a first output end of the first coupler is connected to a first input end of the second coupler, and an output end of the second coupler is connected to the first output end of the optical repeater.

Abstract: An optical add-drop multiplexer and a branching unit are provided, where implementation of the optical add-drop multiplexer includes: an optical processing component, a first combining device, a second combining device, and a second scrambler, where the optical processing component includes an input end, a first output end, a second output end, and a third output end; the first output end of the optical processing component is connected to a first input end of the second combining device, and the second output end of the optical processing component is connected an input end of the second scrambler; an output end of the second scrambler is connected to a second input end of the second combining device; and the third output end of the optical processing component is connected to a first input end of the first combining device.

Abstract: An optical add/drop multiplexer branching unit is provided, where the optical add/drop multiplexer branching unit includes: a trunk input end, a branch input end, a trunk output end, a branch output end, an optical add/drop multiplexer, a first coupler, a first detection circuit, and a control circuit, where the optical add/drop multiplexer includes an optical switch. A detection circuit detects whether a fault occurs in a trunk, and in a case in which a fault occurs in the trunk, a working mode is switched from a first working mode to a second working mode, to implement automatic redundancy on the trunk and ensure normal communication on a branch.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer apparatus, and relate to the field of communications, so as to solve the problem of inconvenient line failure detection. The ROADM apparatus includes: a first ROADM, a second ROADM, one splitting coupler, four optical amplifiers, and four couplers. The embodiments of the present invention are used in a communications line architecture.

Abstract: A method for detecting a submarine optical cable line includes: splitting a detection signal input to a first optical functional unit in an optical functional module of an optical cable line into a first detection signal and a second detection signal; directly coupling and looping back the first detection signal to an output end of a second optical functional unit in a direction opposite to the first optical functional unit to constitute a first loopback path, and outputting a first detection loopback signal; looping back the second detection signal passing through the first optical functional unit to the output end of the second optical functional unit to constitute a second loopback path, and outputting a second detection loopback signal; and detecting a status of the submarine optical cable line according to power of the first detection loopback signal and power of the second detection loopback signal.

Abstract: A communications device is disclosed and includes: a first acquiring unit for acquiring first specific wavelength light and second specific wavelength light from a first optical path; a first receiving unit for converting the first specific wavelength light coming from the first acquiring unit into a first electrical signal; a first control unit for sending a first modulating signal to a first loopback unit according to the first electrical signal coming from the first receiving unit; and the first loopback unit for modulating the second specific wavelength light coming from the first acquiring unit according to the first modulating signal, and looping the modulated second specific wavelength light back to a second optical path, where a transmission direction of an optical signal in the second optical path is opposite to a transmission direction of an optical signal in the first optical path. The present invention further discloses a communications method.

Abstract: A method, an optical add-drop multiplexer branching unit, and a system for disaster recovery of an optical communication system are provided. The method for disaster recovery of an optical communication system using an optical add-drop multiplexer unit (OADM) includes: detecting a transmission link fault in an optical communication system; and when a transmission link fault is detected, switching the state of a link where the transmission link fault occurs from pass-through to loopback, so that an optical signal input from a non-faulty end of the link is looped back to the end for outputting. In this way, when a transmission link fault occurs in an optical communication system, the power level of a link where the transmission link fault occurs can be maintained by using the solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, thereby keeping transmission performance stable.

Abstract: A method for detecting a submarine optical cable line includes: splitting a detection signal input to a first optical functional unit in an optical functional module of an optical cable line into a first detection signal and a second detection signal; directly coupling and looping back the first detection signal to an output end of a second optical functional unit in a direction opposite to the first optical functional unit to constitute a first loopback path, and outputting a first detection loopback signal; looping back the second detection signal passing through the first optical functional unit to the output end of the second optical functional unit to constitute a second loopback path, and outputting a second detection loopback signal; and detecting a status of the submarine optical cable line according to power of the first detection loopback signal and power of the second detection loopback signal.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fiber amplifier, a fabricating method thereof, and a fiber communication system. The fiber amplifier includes at least a pump laser, at least a gain medium and at least an integrated optical component. The integrated optical component includes multiple optical input/output ports, and the optical input/output ports are connected to the pump laser or gain medium directly or indirectly. The present invention may better address problems of unstable performance and difficulty in reducing the size of components in the prior art where fiber amplifiers are formed by a number of discrete components with many fiber fusion splices. In addition, the present invention may reduce the production complexity and costs of fiber amplifiers, and improve the productivity of fiber amplifiers.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a fiber amplifier, a fabricating method thereof, and a fiber communication system. The fiber amplifier includes at least a pump laser, at least a gain medium and at least an integrated optical component. The integrated optical component includes multiple optical input/output ports, and the optical input/output ports are connected to the pump laser or gain medium directly or indirectly. The present invention may better address problems of unstable performance and difficulty in reducing the size of components in the prior art where fiber amplifiers are formed by a number of discrete components with many fiber fusion splices. In addition, the present invention may reduce the production complexity and costs of fiber amplifiers, and improve the productivity of fiber amplifiers.