An optical power value transmission method and system, and a related device is disclosed. The method includes: A source network device obtains optical multiplexing section link information that indicates an optical fiber connection relationship between any two adjacent network devices between the source and a target network device of an optical multiplexing section which are located in different data communication networks. The source network device determines, based on the optical multiplexing section link information, a first output port that connected to a downstream network device by using a first optical fiber, and the downstream network device is connected to the source network device and that is indicated by the optical multiplexing section link information. The source network device obtains, on the first output port, a first output power value of an optical signal and sent it to the downstream network device by using the first optical fiber.

Embodiments herein relate to a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). The PIC may include a transmit module and a receive module. An optical port of the PIC may be coupled to the transmit module or the receive module. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) may be positioned in a signal pathway between the optical port and the transmit module or the receive module. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.

A system and method for transmitting data using an autonomous vehicle's LIDAR system. The autonomous vehicle may transmit the data by disengaging the LIDAR system's transmitters and receivers from operating to detect external objects. The autonomous vehicle may also rotate the LIDAR system to locate one of a plurality of receivers external to the autonomous vehicle. Data stored within the autonomous vehicle may then be transmitted to an external system using a light-based communication path established between at least one of the LIDAR system's transmitters and an external receiver. The LIDAR system's transmitters and receivers may then be re-engaged so as to be operable to detect external objects.

Embodiments of the present application disclose an optical fiber connection detection method and a related device. A first network device obtains first label information, which indicates a target optical output interface, and the target optical output interface is one of at least one optical output interface of the first network device; the first network device generates an optical signal, where a wavelength of the optical signal is within a wavelength range corresponding to the target optical output interface; the first network device modulates the first label information onto the optical signal, to generate a modulated optical signal; and the first network device sends the modulated optical signal from the target optical output interface to a target optical input interface of a second network device, to detect an optical fiber connection relationship between the target optical output interface and the target optical input interface.

In order to solve the problems described above, an object of the present invention is to provide an optical communication system and a control method that automatically adjust a branching ratio of an optical splitter in accordance with a connection of a new ONU. An optical communication system according to the present invention causes an operation system or a DBA (Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation) function and a determining unit of a branching ratio of an optical splitter to cooperate with each other, adjusts the branching ratio so as to enable ranging with an active ONU, and takes into consideration an initial connection sequence through which an ONU is newly connected.

A photo-electron fusion switch that can perform optical communications without any trouble, even when nodes of a communication source and a communication partner that are large in transmission capacity are connected, and makes it possible to realize a concentrated arrangement of devices having similar functions and reduce the communication processing time is connected to communication source's information processing devices and communication partner's information processing devices and information processing devices that are each different in transmission speed so as to configure an optical network system. The photo-electron fusion switch includes a network processor of an electronic circuit for controlling packet switch functions, a plurality of optical transmitter/receivers that can support coherent communications and has a photoelectric conversion function capable of transmitting and receiving optical signals different in transmission speed, an optical line switching device, and a plurality of multiplexing/separators. Each multiplexing/separator simultaneously transmits and receives respective optical signals different in transmission speed to and from the nodes via optical waveguides.

An optical transmission device is disclosed, comprising a tributary board, an active line board, a protection line board, an optical amplifier board, an electric cross unit, and a first multiplexer/demultiplexer board. The first three boards are electrically connected to the electric cross unit. The second to fourth boards are optically connected to the first multiplexer/demultiplexer board. A quantity of protection line boards is less than that of active line boards. A first port of the tributary board and a second port of the optical amplifier board are respectively configured to transmit client service data and an optical signal carrying the client service data. When a preset condition is met, the electric cross unit copies or schedules, to the protection line board, client service data to be processed by the active line board, and the first multiplexer/demultiplexer board performs multiplexing and demultiplexing together with the protection line board.

Described herein are techniques for yield enhancement in photonic communications platforms. A photonic communication platform may include a photonic substrate patterned with a plurality of photonic modules including at least first and second photonic modules, wherein the first and second photonic modules are copies of a common template photonic module. Yield enhancement may be accomplished using photonic redundancy and/or electronic redundancy. Photonic redundancy may involve redundant optical lanes provided in parallel to primary optical lanes. Electronic redundancy may involve use of additional electronic circuits or wires running in parallel to electronic circuits or wires. Defective circuits may be disabled to prevent negative impacts on other parts of the electronic system. This can be done by providing power-isolating switches that completely disable and isolate the defective circuits.

A method and apparatus that cancels or reduces DC offset in a fully-differential optical receiver. The method includes receiving differential optical signals, converting, with photodetectors, the differential optical signals to differential current signals representative of the differential optical signals, converting, using a transimpedance amplifier, the differential current signals to differential intermediate voltage signals, amplifying, using a main amplifier, the differential intermediate voltage signals to generate differential output voltage signals, and cancelling a DC component of the differential output voltage signals using a fully differential DC cancellation circuit. Output offset may also be cancelled or reduced using digital control.

Downhole telemetry systems and related methods adaptively compensate for channel non-linearity effects. To compensate for channel non-linearity, the optimum signal generation parameters are determined that produce the desired modulated pressure variation at the surface. The signal generation parameters are optimized to minimize the discrepancy between the surface detected pressure signal and the intended signal. The mud propagation channel is first estimated in light of the known modulation scheme under an ideal linear-time-invariant channel assumption. The estimated channel is used to synthesize the modulated pressure signal undergoing the mud propagation given the initial signal generation parameters. The method then varies the synthesized signal generation parameters to search for the optimal signal generation parameters. The optimal signal generation parameters are then sent over downlink channel to the downhole pulser, which is ultimately used to generate the pulse waveform.