An optical communication system including a hub optical transceiver, a power splitter, and a plurality of spoke transceivers. The hub optical transceiver is configured for receiving a spectrum of wavelengths. The power splitter is coupled to the hub optical transceiver, and operates as a passive device that is configured to replicate the spectrum of wavelengths and output a plurality of replicated spectrum of wavelengths, and each replicated spectrum of wavelengths has a corresponding power that is a fraction of a total power received from the hub optical transceiver. The plurality of spoke transceivers is coupled to the power splitter and each of the plurality of spoke transceivers is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of replicated spectrum of wavelengths, wherein each spoke transceiver is tunable to select a band of wavelengths that set a bandwidth for the each spoke transceiver.

An apparatus and method for maintaining a wavelength interval of light sources are disclosed. The apparatus for maintaining a wavelength interval of light sources includes: a plurality of light sources configured to output light having different wavelengths and having a certain wavelength interval; a light reception unit configured to receive an optical signal in which at least some of the output light of each of the plurality of light sources is combined and output an electrical signal including a frequency component corresponding to the certain wavelength interval; and a controller configured to detect the frequency component corresponding to the certain wavelength interval from the electrical signal and control a wavelength of each of the plurality of light sources to maintain the certain wavelength interval based on the detected frequency component.

An integrated transmitter chip comprising: at least one input port disposed at a first end; a first variable power divider optically connected to a first input port of the at least one input port, the first variable power divider being tunable to a first splitting ratio; a second and a third variable power dividers each optically connected to the first variable power divider, the second and the third variable power dividers being tunable to a second and a third splitting ratios; and a first and a second optical channels being optically branched from the second variable power divider, and a third and a fourth optical channels being optically branched from the third variable power divider; wherein an optical signal being launched into the first input port and having an input power is caused to be split by the first variable power divider into a first and a second optical signals.

A laser light generator is configured to generate one or more wavelengths of continuous wave laser light. The laser light generator is configured to collectively and simultaneously transmit each of the wavelengths of continuous wave laser light through an optical output of the laser light generator as a laser light supply. An optical fiber is connected to receive the laser light supply from the optical output of the laser light generator. An optical distribution network has an optical input connected to receive the laser light supply from the optical fiber. The optical distribution network is configured to transmit the laser light supply to each of one or more optical transceivers and/or optical sensors. The laser light generator is physically separate from each of the one or more optical transceivers and/or optical sensors.

A derivation method is a derivation method performed by a communication system, including: a transmission step of transmitting a first radio-wave signal according to an optical signal with a first wavelength and a second radio-wave signal according to an optical signal with a second wavelength; a communication start time information acquisition step of acquiring information on a first communication start time and information on a second communication start time; a reception time information acquisition step of acquiring information on a first reception time that is a reception time related to the first radio-wave signal, and information on a second reception time that is a reception time related to the second radio-wave signal; and an optical fiber length derivation step of deriving a length of the optical fiber, based on the first communication start time, the first reception time, the second communication start time, the second reception time, a group velocity or a group delay time of the optical signal with the first wavelength, and a group velocity or a group delay time of the optical signal with the second wavelength.

A combinatorial optimization problem processing device is for associating a combinatorial optimization problem having N elements with an Ising model to process the combinatorial optimization problem. The combinatorial optimization problem processing device includes: a 1×2 Mach-Zehnder optical modulator that receives a polarized clock pulse train; an optical interference circuit that receives polarized clock pulse trains that were modulated by the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator; an optical coupler that couples output of the optical interference circuit with an initialization optical pulse train that creates a neutral state with respect to interactions between the elements; and a modulation signal generator that performs waveform shaping on an electrical signal obtained by photoelectrically converting an output signal of the optical coupler, generates a modulation signal for the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator, and externally outputs a monitor signal that represents a solution to the optimization problem. The optical interference circuit repeatedly allows a predetermined interaction in the Ising model to occur from the neutral state at a period corresponding to the N pulses of the polarized clock pulse train.

An optical communication system including a hub optical transceiver, a power splitter, and a plurality of spoke transceivers. The hub optical transceiver is configured for receiving a spectrum of wavelengths. The power splitter is coupled to the hub optical transceiver, and operates as a passive device that is configured to replicate the spectrum of wavelengths and output a plurality of replicated spectrum of wavelengths, and each replicated spectrum of wavelengths has a corresponding power that is a fraction of a total power received from the hub optical transceiver. The plurality of spoke transceivers is coupled to the power splitter and each of the plurality of spoke transceivers is configured to receive a corresponding one of the plurality of replicated spectrum of wavelengths, wherein each spoke transceiver is tunable to select a band of wavelengths that set a bandwidth for the each spoke transceiver.

A multi-wavelength light source includes a laser, an optical modulator, an optical mixer, an optical demultiplexer, and an optical power adjuster that are sequentially coupled. The laser is configured to generate a first optical signal. The optical modulator modulates the first optical signal, to generate a second optical signal, where the second optical signal includes at least two wavelength components. The optical mixer mixes frequencies based on the at least two wavelength components to generate a third optical signal, where the third optical signal includes at least four wavelength components. The demultiplexer separates the at least four wavelength components. The optical power adjuster adjusts, based on a specified power threshold, a power of each of the wavelength components obtained by separation by the demultiplexer.

This application provides example signal processing apparatus and example signal processing method. One example signal processing apparatus includes a sampling unit, a beam combiner, and an optical resonator. The sampling unit is connected to the beam combiner, and the beam combiner is connected to the optical resonator. The sampling unit is configured to sample an analog signal by using an optical pulse signal to output a sampled optical pulse signal. The beam combiner is configured to combine the sampled optical pulse signal and a multi-wavelength optical signal into a first optical signal. The optical resonator is configured to perform resonance based on the first optical signal to output a second optical signal in the first optical signal, where a wavelength of the second optical signal is equal to a resonant wavelength of the optical resonator.

A computer memory system includes an electro-optical chip, an electrical fanout chip electrically connected to an electrical interface of the electro-optical chip, and at least one dual in-line memory module (DIMM) slot electrically connected to the electrical fanout chip. A photonic interface of the electro-optical chip is optically connected to an optical link. The electro-optical chip includes at least one optical macro that converts outgoing electrical data signals into outgoing optical data signals for transmission through the optical link. The optical macro also converts incoming optical data signals from the optical link into incoming electrical data signals and transmits the incoming electrical data signals to the electrical fanout chip. The electrical fanout chip directs bi-directional electrical data communication between the electro-optical chip and a dynamic random access memory (DRAM) DIMM corresponding to the at least one DIMM slot.