Optical transport system employing direct-detection self-coherent receivers and compatible transmitters

    公开(公告)号:US10404400B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-03

    申请号:US15581578

    申请日:2017-04-28

    摘要: An optical WDM system configured to use direct detection of communication signals that is compatible with electronic CD compensation on a per-channel basis. In an example embodiment, to enable full (e.g., amplitude and phase) electric-field reconstruction at the receiver, the optical WDM system uses a carrier-frequency plan according to which the carrier-frequency comb used at one end of the WDM link and the carrier-frequency comb used at the other end of the WDM link are offset with respect to one another by one half of the bandwidth of an individual WDM component transmitted therethrough. This frequency offset places each local carrier frequency at a roll-off edge of the corresponding incoming data-modulated signal. As a result, the corresponding combined optical signal beneficially lends itself to direct detection that can be followed by full electric-field reconstruction using a known self-coherent Kramers-Kronig method and then by conventional electronic CD compensation.

    Optical data modulators with feedback wavelength control

    公开(公告)号:US09954618B1

    公开(公告)日:2018-04-24

    申请号:US15462256

    申请日:2017-03-17

    发明人: Po Dong Xi Chen

    CPC分类号: H04B10/572 H04B10/5057

    摘要: An apparatus includes an optical data modulator, an electrical tuner located to control an operating wavelength of the optical data modulator, a photo-sensitive diode or photo-sensitive transistor, and an electronic feedback controller. The photo-sensitive diode or photo-sensitive transistor is connected to receive light from an optical output of the optical data modulator and is configured to output an electrical signal representative of a measured intensity of said received light. The electronic feedback controller is connected to receive the electrical signal from the optical intensity detector and to operate said electrical tuner based on an alternating current component of said measured intensity.

    OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM EMPLOYING DIRECT-DETECTION SELF-COHERENT RECEIVERS AND COMPATIBLE TRANSMITTERS

    公开(公告)号:US20180294913A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-11

    申请号:US15581578

    申请日:2017-04-28

    IPC分类号: H04J14/02

    摘要: An optical WDM system configured to use direct detection of communication signals that is compatible with electronic CD compensation on a per-channel basis. In an example embodiment, to enable full (e.g., amplitude and phase) electric-field reconstruction at the receiver, the optical WDM system uses a carrier-frequency plan according to which the carrier-frequency comb used at one end of the WDM link and the carrier-frequency comb used at the other end of the WDM link are offset with respect to one another by one half of the bandwidth of an individual WDM component transmitted therethrough. This frequency offset places each local carrier frequency at a roll-off edge of the corresponding incoming data-modulated signal. As a result, the corresponding combined optical signal beneficially lends itself to direct detection that can be followed by full electric-field reconstruction using a known self-coherent Kramers-Kronig method and then by conventional electronic CD compensation.