摘要:
An optical transmitter provided by the present invention comprises: a light source; a band-pass filter for filtering a light generated by the light source; a light splitting means for splitting a light output by the band-pass filter into at least two split lights; an optical receiving unit for converting one of the split lights into an electrical signal having a level proportional to the intensity of the split light; and a control means for receiving the electrical signal for use in controlling the wavelength of the light source so as to sustain the intensity of the split light at a fixed value. With the configuration described above, fluctuations in wavelength occurring on the transmitter side can be reduced. On the top of that, by applying this optical transmitter to a WDM system, a system cold start can be done with ease.
摘要:
The invention provides an optical wavelength/frequency detection apparatus for detecting a wavelength of a frequency of a laser source, which is improved in that it eliminates a movable element to achieve a high degree of long term reliability and can detect a wavelength or a frequency of light with a high degree of accuracy with a high resolution while it is small in size. The optical wavelength/frequency detection apparatus comprises a pair of optical fibers for individually propagating two optical outputs of a measurement light splitting optical coupler, a driver for varying the relative difference between optical path lengths of two beams of light propagated in the optical fibers, a light receiver for receiving interference light of the measurement light from a measurement light combining optical coupler, and a counter for counting the number of interference pulses of the measurement light received by the light receiver. Measurement light information from the counter and reference light information are processed by comparison calculation processing to calculate a wavelength or a frequency of the measurement light.
摘要:
An apparatus comprising an optical modulator modulating a light in accordance with a modulation signal and an operating point of the optical modulator, to thereby output a modulated optical signal; and a controller controlling the operating point in accordance with a branched portion of the modulated optical signal and a detected intensity of the modulation signal so that the operating point is kept stable when the detected intensity falls below a predetermined value.
摘要:
An apparatus comprising an optical modulator modulating a light in accordance with a modulation signal and an operating point of the optical modulator, to thereby output a modulated optical signal; and a controller controlling the operating point in accordance with a branched portion of the modulated optical signal and a detected intensity of the modulation signal so that the operating point is kept stable when the detected intensity falls below a predetermined value.
摘要:
An apparatus comprising an optical modulator modulating a light in accordance with a modulation signal and an operating point of the optical modulator, to thereby output a modulated optical signal; and a controller controlling the operating point in accordance with a branched portion of the modulated optical signal and a detected intensity of the modulation signal so that the operating point is kept stable when the detected intensity falls below a predetermined value.
摘要:
A method of wavelength selection control is disclosed. The method includes detecting reference RF frequencies by varying the frequency of a RF signal supplied to a reference acousto-optic tunable filter with the reference RF frequencies corresponding to reference wavelengths of reference signals input to the tunable filter, performing tracking to optimize the reference RF frequencies, calculating dependent RF frequencies corresponding to wavelengths of WDM transmission signals and recording the calculated dependent RF frequencies in a first register, repeating the above when a request of wavelength selection is not received, when a request of wavelength selection is received, selecting one of the dependent RF frequencies corresponding to the requested wavelength and recording the selected dependent RF frequency in a second register for use of an acousto-optic tunable filter at a port in operation, and generating and supplying a RF signal having the selected dependent RF frequency to the acousto-optic tunable filter.
摘要:
An optical apparatus having a loss compensation capability includes between an input connector 1A and an output connector 1B an input side optical parts 2 including an input monitor, an amplification medium 3, a loss medium 4, and an output side optical parts 5 including an output monitor in this order, and is provided with a control circuit 6 for controlling a gain based on a monitor result of input/output light. The amount of reflection attenuation on all points, on which the light can be reflected on the optical path from the output end of the amplification medium 3 to the output connector 1B, can be smaller than the amount of reflection attenuation on the end face of the output connector 1B.
摘要:
An optical transmission apparatus and method for changing a rise time (tr) and fall time (tf) of a signal light to be transmitted, to reduce wavelength dispersion characteristics and nonlinear effect of a transmission path. A transmitter includes a trtf adjusting circuit capable of adjusting tr and tf of a modulation signal so that the modulation signal is optimized in accordance with reception characteristics. A modulator then modulates a light with this adjusted modulation signal, and the modulated light is then transmitted to a receiver via a transmission path. Therefore, by transmitting the modulated light having changed tr and tf, the influence of wavelength dispersion characteristics and nonlinear effect of the transmission path can be offset, so that the waveform deterioration of signal light after transmission can be reduced.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a light source apparatus. The light source apparatus includes a plurality of optical pulse train generation sections; an optical switch section capable of selectively outputting an optical pulse train to be taken as an optical pulse train for current use; an output light generation section capable of generating continuous light of multiple wavelengths from said optical pulse train output from said optical switch section; and an optical switch control section for controlling said optical switch section to switch an output of said optical pulse train for current use from said optical switch section, in accordance with the states of respective optical pulse trains generated by said plurality of optical pulse train generation sections and without involvement of instantaneous power interruption.
摘要:
The invention provides an optical wavelength multiplex transmission method wherein a band in the proximity of a zero dispersion wavelength of an optical fiber is used and optical signals are disposed at efficient channel spacings taking an influence of the band, the wavelength dispersion and the four wave mixing into consideration to realize an optical communication system of an increased capacity which is not influenced by crosstalk by FWM. When optical signals of a plurality of channels having different wavelengths are to be multiplexed and transmitted using an optical fiber, a four wave mixing suppressing guard band of a predetermined bandwidth including the zero-dispersion wavelength λ0 of the optical fiber is set, and signal light waves of the plurality of channels to be multiplexed are arranged on one of the shorter wavelength side and the longer wavelength side outside the guard band.