H04B10/2507

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION METHOD

An optical wavelength multiplexing transmission device includes: a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex a wavelength multiplexing signal for each wavelength band from a multiplexed signal that includes wavelength multiplexing signals in a plurality of the wavelength bands; a processor configured to detect an optical power value of each wavelength multiplexing signal for each wavelength band; calculate a compensation amount used to compensate a tilt of the wavelength multiplexing signal, by using the optical power value and a predetermined calculation expression; and compensate the tilt of the wavelength multiplexing signal, based on the compensation amount; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex each wavelength multiplexing signal compensated by the processor and output the wavelength multiplexing signal to a transmission line.

OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND OPTICAL WAVELENGTH MULTIPLEXING TRANSMISSION METHOD

An optical wavelength multiplexing transmission device includes: a demultiplexer configured to demultiplex a wavelength multiplexing signal for each wavelength band from a multiplexed signal that includes wavelength multiplexing signals in a plurality of the wavelength bands; a processor configured to detect an optical power value of each wavelength multiplexing signal for each wavelength band; calculate a compensation amount used to compensate a tilt of the wavelength multiplexing signal, by using the optical power value and a predetermined calculation expression; and compensate the tilt of the wavelength multiplexing signal, based on the compensation amount; and a multiplexer configured to multiplex each wavelength multiplexing signal compensated by the processor and output the wavelength multiplexing signal to a transmission line.

Optical network apparatus and optical module
11563494 · 2023-01-24 · ·

The application provides an optical network apparatus and an optical module. The optical network apparatus is configured to: convert, by a processing chip, the received N electrical signals from a board interface chip into a first electrical signal and a second electrical signal; and send the above two electrical signals to a first optical transmission component and a second optical transmission component, respectively; convert, by the first optical transmission component, the first electrical signal into a first optical signal; and convert, by the second optical transmission component, the second electrical signal into a second optical signal. The N to-be-sent electrical signals are combined, and only two optical transmission components are connected to the processing chip. Therefore, the processing chip does not need to be connected to four optical transmission components, fewer optical transmission components are required, and costs are reduced.

Suppressing signal noise on an optical fiber
11563300 · 2023-01-24 · ·

An optical system for suppressing signal noise on an optical fiber, including an input power signal; a pump laser configured to receive the input power signal; a phase modulator coupled to the pump laser configured to modulate, in response to the input power signal, a phase of the pump laser to increase a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold of the pump laser, wherein the pump laser is further configured to: increase a power at the pump laser to be greater than the SBS threshold; generate a back scattering power based on the power of the pump laser being greater than the increased SBS threshold; and limit an output power signal of the pump laser based on the generated back scattering power.

OPTICAL ISOLATOR AND PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE SAME

Provided is an optical isolator including a semiconductor substrate, an optical attenuator and an optical amplifier aligned with each other on the semiconductor substrate, an input optical waveguide connected to the optical attenuator, and an output optical waveguide connected to the optical amplifier, wherein a gain of the optical amplifier decreases based on an intensity of light incident on the optical amplifier increasing, wherein a first input light incident on the optical attenuator through the input optical waveguide is output as a first output light through the output optical waveguide, and a second input light incident on the optical amplifier through the output optical waveguide is output as a second output light through the input optical waveguide, and wherein when an intensity of the first input light and an intensity of the second input light are equal, an intensity of the first output light is greater than an intensity of the second output light.

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

An optical communication system includes a first optical communication device; a plurality of second optical communication devices configured to perform communication with the first optical communication device; a chromatic dispersion compensation device connected to the first optical communication device; and an optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device, a path of the optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device being split into a plurality of paths at a branch point, the resulting paths being respectively connected to the plurality of second optical communication devices, and the optical transmission line being configured to transmit optical signals through the paths, in which the chromatic dispersion compensation device includes a chromatic dispersion compensator configured to perform chromatic dispersion compensation corresponding to amounts of chromatic dispersion generated in optical signals propagated through respective paths between the first optical communication device and the plurality of second optical communication devices.

Methods and devices for the determination of core dependent loss in multi-core fiber transmission systems

The various embodiments provide an optical transmission system comprising an optical transmitter configured to transmit data over an optical fiber transmission channel made of a multi-core fiber, optical signals carrying the data propagate along the multi-core fiber according to two or more cores, the multi-core fiber being associated with fiber parameters and misalignment losses values, wherein the optical transmission system comprises a system administration device configured to determine a core dependent loss value depending on the fiber parameters and misalignment losses values.

Methods and devices for the determination of core dependent loss in multi-core fiber transmission systems

The various embodiments provide an optical transmission system comprising an optical transmitter configured to transmit data over an optical fiber transmission channel made of a multi-core fiber, optical signals carrying the data propagate along the multi-core fiber according to two or more cores, the multi-core fiber being associated with fiber parameters and misalignment losses values, wherein the optical transmission system comprises a system administration device configured to determine a core dependent loss value depending on the fiber parameters and misalignment losses values.

Signal processing apparatus and optical receiving apparatus

A signal processing device included in an optical reception device configured to receive a burst optical signal transmitted by one of a plurality of optical transmission devices, includes a symbol timing detecting unit configured to detect a symbol timing based on sample signals obtained by oversampling the burst optical signal converted into an electric signal with a sampling rate higher than a symbol rate, an adaptive equalization filter unit configured to perform an equalization process on the sample signals, and a timing matching unit configured to match timing such that, when the adaptive equalization filter unit takes in the sample signals, one of the taken-in sample signals corresponding to the symbol timing is given to a tap of which a tap coefficient has a maximum value among taps included in the adaptive equalization filter unit.

Systems and methods for skew detection and pre-compensation in a coherent optical system

A skew compensation system for a coherent optical communication network includes a transmitter modulator having a first driver input for receiving a first signal from a first channel, a second driver input for receiving a second signal from a second channel, a source input for receiving a continuous wave source signal, and a modulation output in communication with an optical transport medium of the network. The system further includes a tunable delay line disposed between the second channel and the second driver input for inserting a pre-determined training sequence onto the second signal prior to the second driver input, and a processor for determining a skew amount between the second signal at the second driver input and the first signal at the first driver input, calculating a pre-compensation value corresponding to the skew amount, and reducing the skew amount at the modulation output according to the pre-compensation value.