(19)
(11) EP 1 480 360 A8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
23.02.2005 Bulletin 2005/08

(43) Date of publication:
24.11.2004 Bulletin 2004/48

(21) Application number: 04020420.8

(22) Date of filing: 26.09.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H04B 10/17, H01S 3/067
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 19.10.1999 JP 29680099
25.11.1999 JP 33445599

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
00120231.6 / 1094624

(71) Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Tomofuji, Hiroaki
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Sekiya, Motoyoshi
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Sakamoto, Takeshi
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Murakami, Makoto
    Kita-ku Sapporo-shi Hokkaido 060-0807 (JP)
  • Oshima, Chihiro
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Onoda, Yoshihito
    Kawasaki-shi Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)

(74) Representative: HOFFMANN - EITLE 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4
81925 München
81925 München (DE)

 
Remarks:
This application was filed on 27 - 08 - 2004 as a divisional application to the application mentioned under INID code 62.
 


(54) Optical amplifying apparatus, wide-band optical amplifying apparatus, and optical communication system


(57) An optical amplifying apparatus for widening the input dynamic range and lowering noises. The optical amplifying apparatus comprises a first optical amplifier, an optical attenuator, a second optical amplifier and a controller. The first optical amplifier changes the target value of output light when the variance amount of input light reaches a predetermined value. The controller changes the attenuation amount of attenuator in accordance with a difference between the target value and the changed target value of the output light level of the first optical amplifier, when the target value of the output light level of the first optical amplifier is changed.