摘要:
A multi-wavelength light source includes a substrate, a fabry-perot laser laminated on the substrate that is operated by driving current below a predetermined threshold current to generate multi-wavelength light including a plurality of peaks whose wavelengths and spacing are identical to these of WDM channels. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is laminated on the substrate in an arrangement such that a slant surface of the SOA is opposed to a side surface of the fabry-perot laser, which serves to thereby amplify the multi-wavelength light output from the fabry-perot laser. The semiconductor optical amplifier is driven in a gain saturation state to reduce the relative intensity of noise in the channels of the multi-wavelength light that are simultaneously amplified.
摘要:
A light source apparatus for use with optical communication using external-injection light sources, and an optical communication system using the light source apparatus. The light source apparatus for optical communication includes external-injection light sources, and a multiplexer/demultiplexer. The multiplexer/demultiplexer provides light components spectrum-sliced broadband light from a broadband light source as respective external injection light inputs. The multiplexer/demultiplexer includes a first waveguide to transmit the broadband light and multiplexed light with a plurality of wavelengths, a plurality of second waveguides each to transmit light with an associated one of the wavelengths, and a plurality of optical filters each to pass light with an associated one of the wavelengths and to reflect the remaining wavelengths. The pass wavelength of each optical filter is set such that insertion loss distribution of the optical filters at the wavelengths is similar to a gain distribution of the injection light sources at the wavelengths.
摘要:
An optical transmitter including a multi-lambda source to output injection light consisting of a plurality of injection wavelengths in channels, a circulator having a first port, a second port, and a third port, the circulator receiving the injection light at the first port, and outputting the received injection light to the second port, and further receiving signal light at the second port, and outputting the received signal light to the third port, an arrayed waveguide grating having a multiplexing port connected to the second port of the circulator, and a plurality of demultiplexing ports, spectrum-slicing injection light received from the circulator at the multiplexing port into a plurality of injection channels, and outputting the injection channels to the demultiplexing ports and further receiving and multiplexing a plurality of signal channels at the demultiplexing ports, into a signal light, and outputting the signal light to the multiplexing port, and a plurality of reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers connected to the demultiplexing ports of the arrayed waveguide grating, respectively, each of the reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers receiving an associated one of the injection channels, and amplifying the associated injection channel to generate an associated one of the signal channels.
摘要:
A multi-wavelength light source includes a substrate, a fabry-perot laser laminated on the substrate that is operated by driving current below a predetermined threshold current to generate multi-wavelength light including a plurality of peaks whose wavelengths and spacing are identical to these of WDM channels. A semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is laminated on the substrate in an arrangement such that a slant surface of the SOA is opposed to a side surface of the fabry-perot laser, which serves to thereby amplify the multi-wavelength light output from the fabry-perot laser. The semiconductor optical amplifier is driven in a gain saturation state to reduce the relative intensity of noise in the channels of the multi-wavelength light that are simultaneously amplified.
摘要:
A wavelength division multiplexed light source for a passive optical network using the same includes broadband light sources arranged at a desired interval on a wavelength axis, so as to output wavelength bands each having a plurality of structural wavelengths. Further included is a main coarse wavelength division multiplexer (M-CWDM) for multiplexing the lights and a dense wavelength division multiplexer (DWDM) for spectrally dividing the multiplexed light into the channels corresponding to structural wavelengths of the multiplexed light. Groups are consequently generated each of which has a plurality of channels spaced at wavelength period.
摘要:
Disclosed is a subcarrier multiplexing type optical communication method including the steps of receiving a first optical signal composed of a plurality of subcarrier channels having different frequencies, creating a second optical signal having a wavelength different from a wavelength of a received signal; and detecting the subcarrier channels from a third optical signal obtained by subjecting the first optical signal to wavelength shift by means of the second optical signal.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical semiconductor device that provides an optical gain or optical loss depending on application of electric current. The optical semiconductor device comprises: a lower clad layer; an active layer disposed on the lower clad layer, the active layer generating optical gain or optical loss depending on injection of carriers; an upper clad layer disposed on the active layer, the upper clad layer serving to trap light in the active layer in cooperation with the lower clad layer; and a temperature control part for controlling the temperature distribution of the active layer along the light propagation axis in such a manner that temperature of the active layer varies depending on positions in the active layer.
摘要:
A bidirectional add/drop multiplexer includes first input/output unit inputs a first optical signal multiplexed from a plurality of odd channels and outputs a second optical signal multiplexed from a plurality of added or dropped even channels; a second input/output unit outputs the first optical signal multiplexed from a plurality of added or dropped odd channels and outputs the second optical signal multiplexed from a plurality of even channels; an optical arrayed waveguide grating for multiplexing added or dropped odd channels of the first optical signal input to a first terminal for subsequent transmission to the second input/output unit, multiplexing added or dropped even channels of the second optical signal input to a second terminal for subsequent transmission to the first input/output unit; and an optical combining unit that amplifies the first optical signal and the second optical signal input from the first input/output unit and the second input/output unit.
摘要:
Disclosed is an optical semiconductor device that provides an optical gain or optical loss depending on application of electric current. The optical semiconductor device comprises: a lower clad layer; an active layer disposed on the lower clad layer, the active layer generating optical gain or optical loss depending on injection of carriers; an upper clad layer disposed on the active layer, the upper clad layer serving to trap light in the active layer in cooperation with the lower clad layer; and a temperature control part for controlling the temperature distribution of the active layer along the light propagation axis in such a manner that temperature of the active layer varies depending on positions in the active layer.
摘要:
A passive optical network is disclosed. The network includes a plurality of subscriber units that generate upstream optical signals, respectively, reflect channels applied thereto in association with the subscriber units, respectively, and detect downstream optical signals associated with the subscriber units, respectively, and a central office that output a multiplexed downstream optical signal and a monitoring light, and detects a multiplexed channel signal. The network also includes a remote node that demultiplexes the monitoring light into different channels, outputs the channels to the subscriber units, respectively, multiplexes the channels, which are reflected from the subscriber units, generates the multiplexed channel signal, and outputs the multiplexed channel signal to the central office. The network further includes a first main optical fiber linking the central office and the remote node, and a plurality of second main optical fibers linking the remote node and the subscriber units, respectively.