Optical transmitter and optical communication method

    公开(公告)号:US10205528B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-02-12

    申请号:US15558799

    申请日:2015-03-20

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    摘要: It is impossible to compensate non-linearity in an optical transmitter during operations, therefore, an optical transmitter according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes a selective addition means for adding a coefficient to digital data to be transmitted if the digital data being included in one of data intervals of predetermined number, the predetermined number being integer more than one, and for changing the coefficient with a period longer than the symbol period of the data transmitted by the optical transmitter; a data processing means for processing the digital data by using a parameter; a driving signal means for generating a driving signal from the digital data adjusted by the selective addition means and the data processing means; a modulating means for modulating light into lightwave signal by the driving signal; and a control means for receiving a monitor signal obtained by monitoring the lightwave signal having a frequency component determined by the period of changing the added coefficients, and for modifying the parameter of the data processing means in order for the monitor signal to reach an extremum.

    Monitoring device, monitoring method, and optical transmission system

    公开(公告)号:US12072243B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US17797843

    申请日:2021-02-15

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    IPC分类号: G01K11/3206 G02B6/02

    CPC分类号: G01K11/3206 G02B6/02042

    摘要: Provided are a monitoring device, a monitoring method, and an optical transmission system which are adapted for an increase in the number of cores of a multi-core optical fiber transmission path and suitable for crosstalk monitoring. The monitoring device monitors a multi-core optical fiber transmission path having a plurality of use cores and at least one or more non-use cores, and comprises: an applying means for applying, at a start point of the multi-core optical fiber transmission path, dithering to signal light propagating in the use cores; a monitoring means for monitoring the power of the non-use cores at an input side of a relay in the multi-core optical fiber transmission path; and a separating means for separating a monitoring result from the monitoring means into power components from the plurality of use cores.

    Optical transmitter and method for controlling optical carrier frequency

    公开(公告)号:US10567078B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-02-18

    申请号:US16070541

    申请日:2016-01-18

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    摘要: An optical transmitter using multiplexed optical signals increases in cost and in size in order to control an optical carrier frequency with high precision, therefore, an optical transmitter according to an exemplary aspect of the invention includes optical signal generating means for adding a first optical component to a first optical carrier and adding a second optical component to a second optical carrier; multiplexing means for multiplexing the first optical carrier and the second optical carrier to generate a multiplexed optical signal; monitoring means for monitoring the multiplexed optical signal to detect a monitor signal having a difference frequency between the first optical component and the second optical component; and controlling means for controlling a carrier frequency of at least one of the first optical carrier and the second optical carrier according to the monitor signal.

    Optical transmission device and control method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US10191307B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-29

    申请号:US15559165

    申请日:2016-03-18

    申请人: NEC Corporation

    摘要: To provide a modulation control method and an optical transmission device that realize high reliability by more stably performing bias control of an optical modulator using an optical QAM scheme, an optical transmitter according to the present invention comprises a first waveguide and a second waveguide, wherein each of the first waveguide and the second waveguide are provided with an optical modulator that modulates a carrier light with a modulation driving signal that has multiple strength level values, a phase shift unit that provides a predetermined phase difference between a first optical signal outputted from the first waveguide and a second optical signal outputted from the second waveguide, a light detector that detects and photoelectrically converts a portion of a multiple value optical signal obtained by multiplexing the first optical signal and the second optical signal which have been provided with the phase difference and a control circuit that, on the basis of signal amplitude information obtained by a signal amplitude detector from wideband signal components from the light detector, corrects a first voltage provided to the first waveguide and corrects a second voltage provided to the second waveguide.