An optical amplifying unit that enhances the flexibility of the installation within the system is disclosed. The optical amplifying unit includes a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) and a housing that encloses the SOA. The housing provides a front wall with a front window that passes an optical axis coming from the SOA. The optical amplifying unit further provides a front coupling unit directly fixed to the front wall without interposing any optical fibers. The optical coupling unit has the optical receptacle function to pluggably receive an external optical plug.

A current voltage conversion circuit includes first to fourth signal amplifiers; and first and second resistive passive elements, an input terminal of the first signal amplifier being connected to a terminal for inputting a current signal, one and the other terminals of the first resistive passive element being connected to output and input terminals of the first signal amplifier, respectively, an input terminal of the second signal amplifier being connected to a first connection point, input and output terminals of the third signal amplifier being connected to an output terminal of the second signal amplifier and the first connection point, respectively, an input terminal of the fourth signal amplifier being connected to a second connection point, and one and the other terminals of the second resistive passive element being connected to an output terminal of the fourth signal amplifier and the second connection point.

A transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for converting an input current at an input node into an output voltage at an output node, the TIA comprising: a first amplifier stage having a first input coupled to the input node and a first output; a feedback path between the first output and the first input; a second amplifier stage in the feedback path having a second input, the second input coupled to the first output of the first amplifier stage; a feedback resistor in the feedback path coupled between an output of the second amplifier stage and first input of the first amplifier stage; and an output stage, comprising: a load resistor coupled between a reference voltage node and a T-coil, the T-coil comprising first and second inductors coupled in series at an inductor node, the T-coil coupled between the first output and the load resistor, the inductor node coupled to the output node of the TIA.

An amplifying device includes a light source configured to output excitation light, a depolarizer configured to change a degree of polarization of the excitation light in accordance with a setting, an amplifier configured to execute Raman amplification so as to amplify a polarized multiplexed optical signal by the excitation light of which the degree of the polarization has been changed by the depolarizer, a measurer configured to measure the power of a plurality of polarized light components multiplexed into the polarized multiplexed optical signal subjected to the Raman amplification and amplified by the excitation light, and an adjuster configured to calculate differences between the power of the plurality of polarized light components and adjust the setting of the depolarizer so as to reduce the differences between the power of the plurality of polarized light components.