H04B10/5051

Optical signal generation device and method and chip
10763637 · 2020-09-01 · ·

Embodiments of the present application provide an optical signal generation device. The device includes a laser, a first modulator, a second modulator, a first adjustment module, and a beam combiner. The laser is configured to: output a first optical signal to the first modulator, and output a second optical signal to the second modulator. The two modulators are separately configured to: receive an optical signal and a loaded electrical modulation signal, and modulate the optical signal based on the electrical modulation signal, to obtain a first modulated optical signal and a second modulated optical signal. The first adjustment module is further configured to adjust a phase of the modulated optical signal or an optical path to the beam combiner. The beam combiner is configured to: combine the first modulated optical signal obtained after the adjustment and the second modulated optical signal, and output a combined signal.

MULTI-CHANNEL OPTICAL PHASE DETECTOR, MULTI-CHANNEL SENSING SYSTEM AND MULTI-LASER SYNCHRONIZATION SYSTEM
20200266913 · 2020-08-20 ·

A multi-channel sensing system is disclosed. The multi-channel sensing system includes a multi-channel sensor connector that wavelength-divides an optical pulse output from a pulsed laser into a plurality of channels in a spectrum domain, transmits each of a plurality of optical sub-pulses generated from the wavelength division to a channel path allocated for each channel in multi-channel paths, multiplexes the plurality of optical sub-pulses passed through the multi-channel paths and outputs an optical signal including the multiplexed optical sub-pulses; and a multi-channel optical phase detector that receives the optical signal output from the multi-channel connector and a reference signal which is synchronized to the pulse laser, and detects a channel-specific electrical signal that corresponds to a timing error between each of the plurality of optical sub-pulses included in the optical signal and the reference signal. At lease one of sensors is connected to at least one of the multi-channel paths.

OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, OPTICAL RECEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD
20200186255 · 2020-06-11 ·

An optical transmitter, an optical receiver, and an optical transmission method are disclosed. The optical transmitter includes an optical signal generator, N spreaders, N pairs of data modulators, and a combiner, where the optical signal generator generates N optical carriers; an i.sup.th spreader spreads an i.sup.th optical carrier, to obtain a spread optical signal having two subcarriers; splits the spread optical signal into a first optical signal and a second optical signal; and delays the second optical signal to obtain a third optical signal; an i.sup.th pair of data modulators modulate the first optical signal and the third optical signal to obtain a pair of modulated optical signals, transmit the pair of modulated optical signals to the combiner, where the pair of modulated optical signals reaching the combiner differ by 1/(4 fsi) in time domain; and the combiner combines, into one optical signal, N pairs of modulated optical signals.

Optical module

The disclosure provides an optical module, including a laser, the laser including a light emitting region and a modulation region, and light emitted by the light emitting region emitting toward the modulation region; a first driver circuit, the first driver circuit being connected to the light emitting region, so that the light emitting region emits light with adjusted optical power; and a second driver circuit, the second driver circuit being connected to the modulation region, so that the modulation region changes the optical power of the light emitted from the light emitting region.

System and method for the transmission of optical signals

A system for transmission of an optical signal, the system including an optical coupler for splitting said signal into a first copy and a second copy. The optical coupler has an input for receiving the optical signal, a first output for the first copy and a second output for the second copy. The system also includes a first optical guide connected to the first output, a second optical guide connected to the second output and a superposition module for coherently superimposing the first copy and the second copy of the signal.

PHASE SHIFTER ARCHITECTURE FOR LARGE-ELEMENT-COUNT OPTICAL PHASED ARRAYS
20240022331 · 2024-01-18 ·

A system includes a transmitter configured to output an optical signal. The transmitter includes a seed laser, an optical array including a plurality of array elements, and a plurality of phase shifters in a multi-layer arrangement. The multi-layer arrangement includes a plurality of layers between the seed laser and the optical array, wherein a first layer of the plurality of layers transmits light to a second layer of the plurality of layers. The first layer has fewer phase shifters than the second layer. The multi-layer arrangement also includes a plurality of branches wherein each branch includes a phase shifter from each of the plurality of layers connected in series between the seed laser and one of the plurality of array elements. Each phase shifter is configured to shift the optical signal incrementally to amass a total phase shift for each of the plurality of array elements.

OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, CONTROL CIRCUIT OF THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF THE OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS

An optical transmission apparatus includes an optical transmitter including an optical modulator and an observation optical modulator that attenuate optical power of input continuous wave light by an electro-absorption effect and output the light. The optical modulator performs pulse amplitude modulation on the continuous wave light and outputs the optical signal. The apparatus also includes: a bias voltage generation unit that generates a direct-current bias voltage and outputs the direct-current bias voltage to the optical modulator and the observation optical modulator; a modulation signal generation unit that generates an electrical signal for pulse amplitude modulation and outputs the electrical signal to the optical modulator; and a bias voltage control unit that instructs the bias voltage generation unit to adjust the direct-current bias voltage on the basis of an absorption amount of optical power in the optical modulator and an absorption amount of optical power in the observation optical modulator.

MODULATOR ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR MODULATING LIGHT

A modulator assembly for modulating light comprising a first and a second electro-absorption modulator which each at least substantially only act on a polarization component of incident light; a light generating assembly for generating light which includes a first and a second polarization component; a first electro-absorption modulator for modulating the light generated by the light generating assembly, wherein the first electro-absorption modulator at least substantially only modulates the first polarization component of the light, so that the light exiting from the first electro-absorption modulator includes a modulated and an unmodulated polarization component; a polarization converter for changing the polarization direction of the light exiting from the first electro-absorption modulator. The light exiting from the polarization converter couples into the second electro-absorption modulator and is polarized such that by means of the second electro-absorption modulator a modulation at least substantially is effected only of the previously unmodulated polarization component.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DESIGNING MATCHING NETWORK FOR EAM FOR EML TOSA

A transmitter optical sub-assembly (TOSA) with low group delay (GD) performance over an operating frequency range of the TOSA is designed based on a synthesis of low pass filters. The low pass filters include a first stage low pass filter (LPF1) and a second stage low pass filter (LPF2) coupled to the LPF1 in a cascade form and a load impedance. The LPF1 and the LPF2 are configured to include inductance of stray components in the TOSA.

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MITIGATING ADVERSE EFFECTS OF BONDING WIRE OF EXTERNAL OPTICAL MODULATORS

An optical transceiver including a submount, a Mach-Zehnder Modulator (MZM), bonding wires, and a low pass filter type matching network is provided. The MZM includes an input port and an output port and disposed on the submount. The bonding wires are coupled to the submount and the MZM. The low pass filter type matching network is coupled to the bonding wires and is configured to absorb inductance of the bonding wires at a high frequency.