摘要:
A multiaxial optical coupler for use in a device using an LiNbO3 substrate, which is reliable over a wide temperature range and capable of reducing coupling loss. A capillary has a plurality of linear through holes formed therethrough in a manner each inclined with respect to the central axis of the capillary such that the extension line of the central axis of the linear through hole extends through the center of a lens. A plurality of optical fibers are inserted into the linear through holes, respectively. This construction enables the optical axis of an optical beam emitted from each of the optical fibers within the capillary to pass through the center of the lens and reach the end face of a corresponding one of the optical waveguides. Similarly, the construction enables the optical axis of an optical beam emitted from the end face of each of the optical waveguides on the substrate to pass through the center of the lens and reach a corresponding one of the optical fibers within the capillary. The central axis of each of the linear guide holes is slightly inclined with respect to the optical axis of the lens. However, this inclination angle causes very little optical coupling loss.
摘要:
An optical waveguide module including a metal package having a bottom surface formed with a chip insertion groove, and a waveguide chip inserted and fixed in the chip insertion groove. The waveguide chip has an optical waveguide formed on a substrate having an electro-optic effect. A signal electrode is formed on the optical waveguide, and a ground electrode is formed on the substrate. The ground electrode is connected to the metal package through first and second ribbons respectively located in the vicinity of first and second bent portions of the signal electrode.
摘要:
An object of the invention is to provide a polarization scrambler wherein the polarization of linearly polarized signal light can be rotated to facilitate obtaining a minimum degree of polarization, and wherein scrambling operation is possible even if signal light of optional polarization states is input. Accordingly with the polarization scrambler, a polarization rotation section is provided on an input side on a chip on which is formed an optical waveguide, and a polarization scrambling section is provided on an output side. With the polarization rotation section, the polarization of linearly polarized signal light which is transmitted by the optical waveguide is rotated by means of an acousto-optic effect due to an elastic surface wave generated by an electrode, so as to become 45.degree. with respect to a vertical direction of the optical waveguide. With the polarization scrambling section, the polarization of the signal light from the polarization rotation section is scrambled in accordance with a modulation signal.
摘要:
A tunable dispersion compensation device includes a plurality of tunable dispersion compensators coupled in series, a controller configured to control an amount of chromatic dispersion to be set in each of the plurality of tunable dispersion compensators, and a table including a correspondence relationship between an amount of chromatic dispersion and a wavelength band, for each of the plurality of tunable dispersion compensators, wherein the controller decides an amount of chromatic dispersion to be set in each of the plurality of tunable dispersion compensators, based on a total amount of chromatic dispersion desired for the plurality of tunable dispersion compensators and the correspondence relationship included in the table so that a difference between bandwidths of a first tunable dispersion compensator having the widest wavelength band and a second tunable dispersion compensator having the narrowest wavelength band, among the plurality of tunable dispersion compensators, is within a given range.
摘要:
An optical amplifier apparatus includes an optical amplifier including an amplification medium doped with an active substance, the amplification medium excited in order to amplify light; a semiconductor optical amplifier arranged after the optical amplifier; a driver for supplying a driving current with respect to the semiconductor optical amplifier in order that the semiconductor optical amplifier has an amplification characteristic with respect to an input light, the amplification characteristic including a gain non-saturated region and a gain saturated region; and an input-light level adjuster for adjusting an out put light of the optical amplifier to the input light level of the semiconductor optical amplifier, the input light level being set up between the gain non-saturated region and the gain saturated region.
摘要:
A chromatic dispersion compensation control method for compensating the chromatic dispersion of an optical transmission path with a variable dispersion compensator inserted in the optical transmission path is disclosed. The method includes a transmitter inserting a fixed data sequence in the rewritable area of a transmission data sequence to be transmitted and transmitting the transmission data sequence to the optical transmission path, the fixed data sequence containing alternating 0-1 data formed of alternating 0s and 1s and alternating 0 series-1 series data formed of alternating series of 0s and 1s; and a receiver determining a direction to increase or decrease the dispersion compensation of the variable dispersion compensator based on the number of error occurrences in the alternating 0-1 data and the number of error occurrences in the alternating 0 series-1 series data, and variably controlling the dispersion compensation of the variable dispersion compensator in accordance with the determined direction.
摘要:
The present invention provides provide a light power adjusting method, an optical transmitter, and an optical receiver suitable for ensuring high data transmission quality by preventing the rapid increase in SBS which occurs when the light power exceeds a predetermined value.The incident light power with which the SBS-induced backward propagating light included in the reflected light returned from the optical transmission line rapidly increases, i.e., the light power threshold is calculated.By setting the power of the light incident on the optical transmission line at a value equal to or smaller than the thus calculated light power threshold, the rapid increase in the SBS-induced backward propagating light, which is a nonlinear phenomenon of the optical fiber, is prevented.
摘要:
A reliable optical transmission system with an improved signal control mechanism that avoids abrupt power variations of light beams, thereby preventing optical supervisory channel (OSC) signals from experiencing errors. An optical amplifier amplifies main signals under the control of an optical amplifier controller, which spends a first predetermined time to raise the output power of the optical amplifier up to a desired level. A pump light source produces a pump beam for injection to a fiber-optic transmission line so as to make it serve as an amplifying medium. The pump light source is controlled by a pump light source controller that spends a second predetermined time to raise the pump beam to a desired power level. This stepwise start-up process of the amplifier power and pump beam power prevents OSC signals from experiencing abrupt power variations.
摘要:
A dispersion compensation device includes: an optical branching unit to branch an optical signal to be received; a first dispersion compensator to perform dispersion compensation on one part of the optical signal branched by the optical branching unit with a variable compensation amount; a second dispersion compensator to perform dispersion compensation on another part of the optical signal branched by the optical branching unit; a monitoring unit to monitor the communication quality of an output optical signal of the second dispersion compensator; and a controlling unit to determine the direction of variation in chromatic dispersion of the optical signal based on the direction of variation in communication quality monitored by the monitoring unit and control the compensation amount of the first dispersion compensator based on the result of the determination.
摘要:
In a transmission apparatus, a monitor unit monitors a signal level and generates a monitored value; a level control unit controls the level of the input signal in accordance with the monitored value; an output amplification unit amplifies and outputs the level-controlled signal; and a control unit controls unit operation statuses in accordance with setting information. The control unit recognizes the period of duration of a single level in the input signal, from the signal format given by the setting information, and performs variable control of at least one of a monitor time constant, a response time from the signal input to the monitor unit until the generation of the monitored value, and a level setting time constant, a response time from the input of the monitored value to the level control unit until the execution of level control, in accordance with the period of duration of the single level.