TWI433490B - A method of receiving and processing the optical signal of a complex full spectrum optical signal - Google Patents

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Method of accepting input of a complex full spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal

The present invention relates to a method for receiving an input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal, and more particularly to a full-spectrum optical signal capable of accepting input from a plurality of sources, and modulating through a plurality of variable-spectrum elements The optical signal is processed and utilized by varying its wavelength.

As shown in the sixth figure, in the transmission of an optical network, a conventional optical signal plug-in multiplexer having N optical channels includes a 1×N demultiplexer (a) and N 2×. 2 optical switch (b) and an N x 1 multiplexer (c). When the optical signals of the N wavelengths are transmitted to the first chirp (a1) of the 1×N demultiplexer (a), the multiplexer (a) is demultiplexed and then demultiplexed by the 1×N demultiplexer (a). It is transmitted to the N optical channels (d), and each optical wavelength signal is followed by a 2×2 optical switch (b) to determine whether the optical wavelength signal is to be extracted. If the optical signal on any of the optical channels (d) (for example, the optical signal of the wavelength λ ₁ ) is extracted via the 2×2 optical switch (b), the subsequent wavelength λ ₁ can carry the local signal and be added to the optical network. In the path, the added signal can pass through the 2×2 optical switch (b) to complete the wavelength signal into the N×1 multiplexer (c) to couple the wavelengths. However, if the optical wavelength λ ₁ signal is not taken out via the 2x2 optical switch (b), the wavelength λ ₁ will be directly transmitted to the Nx1 multiplexer (c), and then the wavelength will be coupled by the N×1 multiplexer (c). And then output by the second 埠 (c1).

However, the optical signal plug-in multiplexer described above has the following disadvantages in implementation:

1. The above optical signal transmission method can only accept the input of one optical signal source end, and the information processing capability is obviously poor.

2. After the multiplexing of the 1×N solution multiplexer, the optical signal transmitted on each optical channel passes through the switching action of the optical switch, and the optical signal will “pass” the optical switch or “ Switching to the drop, and the N optical channels can only accept source optical signals with wavelengths between λ ₁ and λ _N if the wavelength of the source optical signal covers a wider range, for example, the wavelength to be processed covers λ ₁ ... λ _N , λ _{N +1} ... λ _2N , λ _{2N +1} ... λ _3N source optical signal must be matched with 1x3N demultiplexer, 3Nx1 multiplexer, and 3N optical switcher, its hardware The cost is relatively expensive.

3. When processing the input of the source of multiple optical signals at the same time, it is necessary to configure multiple groups of optical signals as described above to plug the multiplexer, so the construction cost is extremely high, which is not economical.

The invention mainly solves the problem that the optical signal processing method of the conventional optical signal plug-in multiplexer cannot simultaneously process the full-spectrum optical signals input by the plurality of source terminals.

The present invention is a method for receiving an input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal, comprising the steps of: A. accepting a full spectrum optical signal input by each of the plurality of source terminals; B. inputting the plurality of sources The full spectrum optical signal is distributed to the plurality of optical channels, and respectively transmits optical signals of a plurality of wavelengths in a transmission direction, and each optical signal has a wavelength that is at least one wavelength apart from the optical signal that is closest to the wavelength. Units; C. each of the optical channels is configured with a plurality of variable spectrum elements that reflect a particular wavelength; D. preset or modulate any variable frequency element to a wavelength such that the optical channel is the same as the wavelength The optical signal of the specific wavelength is reflected and folded back by the variable spectrum element, and the optical signal different from the wavelength frequency continues to penetrate the variable spectrum element in the transmission direction, thereby managing the transmission of the optical signal of the complex wavelength.

The method of receiving input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal, wherein any two adjacent optical signals of the plurality of wavelengths have different wavelengths λ _A and λ _C at λ _A and λ _C Between the wavelength ranges, at least one wavelength unit is spaced apart, and the wavelength section between the λ _A and λ _C is defined as λ _B , and the wavelength frequency of the variable spectrum element is modulated in the following wavelengths: λ _A , or λ _B λ _C.

The above method of accepting the input of the complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal further extracts the optical signal that penetrates the variable spectrum element in the D step for utilization.

The above method for receiving a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal further extracts an optical signal that is reflected by the variable spectrum element in the D step and is folded back for use.

The above method for receiving an input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal, wherein the optical signal is defined as a reflection point by a reflection portion of the variable spectrum element, and is further input after the reflection point along the aforementioned transmission direction An supplemental optical signal having a wavelength that is the same as a wavelength of the folded optical signal.

The above method for receiving input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal uses a photoreactor to input the supplemental optical signal.

The above method for receiving and inputting a complex full-spectrum optical signal and inputting the optical signal is input to the supplemental optical signal by optical coupling.

The advantages of the invention are:

1. The invention can simultaneously process the full spectrum optical signals input by the plurality of source ends, which is very suitable for the transmission and processing of a large amount of information.

2. The present invention can respectively transmit optical signals of a plurality of wavelengths on each optical channel, and the number of optical signals transmitted and processed is much better than that of the conventional optical signal plug-in multiplexer.

3. The optical signal of a plurality of wavelengths transmitted by each optical channel of the present invention, wherein each optical signal has a wavelength between the optical signal and the optical signal closest to the wavelength, separated from each other by at least one wavelength unit, and the phase interval is utilized. The vacant wavelength section can change the frequency spectrum between the "vacancy wavelength section" and the "non-vacancy wavelength section" through the variable spectrum element, so that light of a specific wavelength can be arbitrarily captured in the optical signal of the plurality of wavelengths Signals are available for use.

4. Since the invention has the ability to simultaneously process the full spectrum optical signals input by the plurality of source terminals, the hardware construction cost is extremely low and the economic benefit is extremely high when processing a large amount of information transmission.

In an embodiment of the present invention, an Array Waveguide Grating (AWG) will be described as an operation principle of an explicit arrayed waveguide grating. Before describing an embodiment of the present invention, an N×N arrayed waveguide grating is described. The demultiplexing work is a description.

As shown in the fourth figure, the N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9) has N first turns, respectively L1, L2, L3, ... LN, and has N second turns, respectively R1, R2, R3, ... RN Each of the second turns R1, R2, R3, ... RN is connected to an optical fiber (10). If each of the first 埠L1, L2, L3...LN receives the input of the full-frequency optical signal, the full-frequency optical signal In1 input by the first 埠L1 will be demultiplexed by the N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9). Multiplex, and output light of wavelengths such as λ ₁ , λ ₂ , λ ₃ ... λ _N and λ _N+1 , λ _N+2 , λ _N+3 ... λ _2N by the second 埠 R1, R2, R3 ... RN, respectively a signal to the optical fiber (10), wherein the optical signal distributed to the second 埠R1 has a wavelength of λ ₁ , λ _N+1 , and the optical signal assigned to the second 埠 R2 has a wavelength of λ ₂ , λ _N+2 , The optical signal assigned to the second 埠R3 has a wavelength of λ ₃ , λ _N+3 , and so on. Similarly, the full-frequency optical signal In2 input by the first 埠L2 will be subjected to the demultiplexing multiplex by the N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9), and the λ _{2 is} outputted by the second 埠R1, R2, R3, . Optical signals of wavelengths such as λ ₃ , λ ₄ ... λ _N+1 and λ _N+2 , λ _N+3 , λ _N+4 ... λ _2N+1 . Similarly, the full-frequency optical signal In3 input by the first 埠L3 will be subjected to the demultiplexing multiplexing by the N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9), and the λ _{3 is} outputted by the second 埠R1, R2, R3...RN, respectively. Optical signals of wavelengths such as λ ₄ , λ ₅ ... λ _N+2 and λ _N+3 , λ _N+4 , λ _N+5 ... λ _2N+2 . This is the principle of the demultiplexing of the N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9). The principle of demultiplexing multiplexing of the N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9), as shown in the matrix table of the fifth figure, shows in the matrix table that each of the inputs 埠1...N inputs λ ₁ The optical signal of ... λ _N , after being demultiplexed by the demultiplexing, the wavelength assigned to each of the outputs 埠1...N will be as shown in the matrix.

After understanding the demultiplexing multiplex principle of the above-mentioned N×N arrayed waveguide grating (9), the method of the present invention will be continuously described. The present invention is a method for receiving input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal. The first picture contains the following steps:

Step A (101): accepting a full spectrum optical signal input by each of the plurality of source terminals.

Step B (102): allocating the full-spectrum optical signals input by the plurality of source ends to the plurality of optical channels, and respectively transmitting the optical signals of the plurality of wavelengths in a transmission direction, and each optical signal has a wavelength closest to the nearest one. The optical signals of the wavelength are spaced apart from each other by at least one wavelength unit.

Step C (103): Configuring a plurality of variable spectrum elements that reflect a particular wavelength on each optical channel.

Step D (104): preset or modulate any variable frequency component to a wavelength frequency, so that the optical signal of the specific wavelength corresponding to the wavelength frequency on the optical channel is reflected and folded back by the variable spectrum component, and the rest are different. The optical signal at the wavelength continues to penetrate the variable spectrum element in the direction of transmission to manage the transmission of the optical signal of the complex wavelength.

Referring to the second figure, in order to implement the method of the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes the following elements: an N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1), an N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2), N adjustable Tunable fiber Bragg gratings (3), N light returners (4) (4A). The N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1) includes N/2 first turns, respectively L1, L3, L5, L7, ... L(N-1) (the first one is not shown in the second figure) L5 and L7) also include N second turns, respectively R1, R2, R3...RN; and the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2) includes N first turns, respectively L1A, L2A, L3A...LNA, also including N/2 second turns, respectively R1A, R3A, R5A, R7A...R(N-1)A (the second 埠R5A and R7A are not shown in the second figure); N adjustable Bragg fiber gratings (3), which are optical channels and variable spectrum components in the foregoing method of the present invention, the N adjustable Bragg fiber gratings (3) are respectively connected to N/2×N array waveguides N second 埠R1, R2, R3... RN of the grating (1) and N first 埠L1A, L2A, L3A...LNA of the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2); and N/2 return light The device (4) is respectively connected to N/2 first 埠L1, L3...L(N-1) of the N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1), and each of the illuminators (4) has an A 埠(41), B埠(42) and C埠(43); and N/2 photoreactors (4A) are respectively connected to N/2 second 埠R1A of the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2) , R3A...R(N-1)A, each Back to the light receiver (4A) has a port A (41A), B port (. 42A) and C port (43A).

In the second figure, all A埠(41) of the N/2 light returners (4) located on the left side of the figure can accept the input of the full spectrum optical signal, wherein the full spectrum optical signal of In1 is connected to the first The A埠(41) input of the illuminator (4) of 埠L1 and the full-spectrum optical signal of In3 are input by A埠(41) of the photoreactor (4) connected to the first 埠L3, In(N-1) The full-spectrum optical signal is input by A埠(41) of the photoreactor (4) connected to the first 埠L (N-1).

Please cooperate with the second picture and the second picture A, the full spectrum optical signal of In1 is input by A埠(41) of the photoreactor (4), and then transmitted to the N by the B埠(42) of the photoreactor (4). After the first 埠L1 of the /2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1), after the demultiplexing multiplex, the full-spectrum optical signal of the In1 will be split as follows: λ ₁ wavelength is output by the second 埠R1, λ ₂ wavelength Output by the second 埠R2, λ ₃ wavelength is output by the second 埠R3... λ _N wavelength is output by the second 埠RN, then λ _N+1 wavelength is output by the second 埠R1, λ _N+2 wavelength is used by the second 埠The R2 output, λ _N+3 wavelength is output by the second 埠R3... λ _2N wavelength is output by the second 埠RN, as indicated by the dashed box in the second A diagram, and so on.

Please cooperate with the second picture and the second picture B. The full spectrum optical signal of In3 is input by A埠(41) of the photoreactor (4), and then transmitted to the N by the B埠(42) of the photoreactor (4). After the first 埠L3 of the /2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1), after splitting, the full-spectrum optical signal of the In3 will be split as follows: λ ₃ wavelength is output by the second 埠R1, and λ ₄ wavelength is second.埠R2 output, λ ₅ wavelength is output by the second 埠R3... λ ₂ wavelength is output by the second 埠RN, then λ _N+3 wavelength is output by the second 埠R1, λ _N+4 wavelength is output by the second 埠R2, The λ _N+5 wavelength is output by the second 埠R3... The λ _N+2 wavelength is output by the second 埠RN, as indicated by the dashed box in the second B diagram, and so on.

Referring to the second figure, according to the foregoing splitting principle, the adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) connected between the second 埠R1 and the first 埠L1A will transmit wavelengths λ ₁ , λ ₃ , λ _{N- 1 ... λ N + 1, λ} N + 3, λ _2N-1 of the optical signal; connected to the adjustable Bragg fiber grating between the first port and R2 L2A second port (3), having a wavelength λ ₂ passes , λ ₄ , λ _N ... λ _N+2 , λ _N+4 , λ _2N optical signals; an adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) connected between the second 埠RN and the first 埠LNA, which will contain Optical signals of wavelengths λ _N , λ ₂ , λ _N-2 ... λ _2N , λ _N+2 , λ _2N-2 . Each of the optical signals transmitted by each of the adjustable Bragg fiber gratings (3) has a wavelength between each optical signal and an adjacent optical signal adjacent to the wavelength, separated from each other by at least one wavelength unit, such as λ. _{1 is separated} from the nearest optical signal λ ₃ by a vacancy wavelength λ ₂ .

All of the split-wavelength multiplexed optical signals are transmitted through each of the adjustable Bragg fiber gratings (3) to the first 埠L1A, L2A, L3A...LNA of the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2), and then The N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2) is coupled and multiplexed, and then passed through the second 埠R1A, R3A...R(N-1)A, respectively, through the B 埠 (42A) of the returnor (4A), and then all back. The optical device (4A) outputs a full spectrum of optical signals for each C埠 (43A).

In the second figure, an adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) connected between the second 埠R1 and the first 埠L1A is taken as an example, when any of the tunable Bragg fiber gratings (3) (31) the wavelength is adjusted when the above gap wavelength λ _2, all different from the wavelength [lambda] ₂ of the optical signal comprises a λ _1, λ _3, and both the signal light of other wavelengths to penetrate the grating (31) is transmitted to the first port L1A is then coupled to the C回 of the photoreactor (4A) by B埠(42A) connected to the photoreactor (4A) of the second R1A, R3A...R(N-1)A, respectively, after coupling multiplexing. 43A) Output, the output optical signal is labeled Out1 in the figure.

Taking the adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) connected between the second 埠R1 and the first 埠L1A as an example, when the wavelength of one of the gratings (31) of the adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) is adjusted to match When the spectrum of the wavelength λ ₁ is (preset to be λ ₁ or λ ₁ ), then the optical signal of the wavelength λ ₁ will be reflected by the grating and folded back to the left of the figure, the wavelength λ _an optical signal by the second port R1 L1 via the first port, and (42) by a B input port connected to the first port of return light L1 (4), and then by the back-light (4) of the port C (43) extracting, the extracted optical signal is labeled as Drop1 in the second figure, and the optical signals of the remaining wavelengths, for example, λ _3, λ ₅ ... will pass through the grating (31) and be transmitted to the first 埠L1A, after splitting the multiplex, pass all the B 埠 (42A) connected to the second 埠R1A, R3A...R(N-1)A's illuminator (4A), and then all the returnors (4A) ) C埠 (43A) output.

Taking the adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) connected between the second 埠R1 and the first 埠L1A as an example, the wavelength of one of the gratings (31) of the adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3) is adjusted to match When the spectrum of the wavelength λ ₁ is used, the position of the grating (31) can be defined as a reflection point, and the optical signal of the wavelength λ ₁ originally traveling to the right of the figure will be reflected at the reflection point and folded back to the left. At this time, a supplemental optical signal of a wavelength λ _{1 may} be input from A 埠 (41A) connected to the photoreactor (4A) of the second 埠 L1A, and the supplemental optical signal is labeled as Add1 in the second figure, and the wavelength λ The supplemental optical signal of ₁ will pass through the second 埠R1A, the first 埠L1A via B 埠 (42A) of the return lighter (4A), and then travel to the left on the adjustable Bragg fiber grating (3), and finally by the above reflection Point back and travel to the right. Thus, although the reflection point of the optical _signal wavelength λ is folded to the left, but coupled by a patch of light wavelength λ ₁ signal, can rightward direction after reflection point, comprising a still continued transmission of light of the wavelength λ ₁ signal.

In addition to inputting the supplemental optical signal using the photoreactor (4A), the present invention may also incorporate the supplemental optical signal by other means, as shown in the third figure. In the third figure, the configuration and component symbols of the N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1), the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2), and the N adjustable Bragg fiber gratings (3) The two figures are the same, so they are not described again, and in the third figure, there are also N/2 photoreactors (4) connected to N/2 first 埠L1 of the N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1). L3...L(N-1), but the embodiment of the third figure additionally connects N/2 second 埠 of the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2) with N/2 optical couplers (4B), respectively. R1A, R3A...R(N-1)A. By this, the optical signals coupled by the N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating (2) will be transmitted from the second 埠R1A, R3A...R(N-1)A through the optical couplers (4B), respectively, and supplemented. The optical signals Add1, Add3...Add(N-1) are coupled and output through the optical coupler (4B), and the output optical signals are labeled as Out1, Out3...Out(N-1) in the third figure, respectively. .

In the above embodiment, the present invention has an N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating (1) as a front end element of all optical paths, such as an 8×16 arrayed waveguide grating having 8 first turns and 16 seconds.埠, but other such as 2×4 arrayed waveguide gratings, 3×8 arrayed waveguide gratings, 5×16 arrayed waveguide gratings, etc. are also available components of the present invention. The arrayed waveguide grating of the N×N form is also an element usable in the present invention, for example, a 16×16 arrayed waveguide grating having 16 first turns and 16 second turns, as long as the sequence is only 1, 3, when implemented. The first 5 of 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 accepts the input of the full spectrum optical signal, or the first 序列 of the sequence 1, 4, 6, 9, 14 accepts the input of the full spectrum optical signal, The invention can achieve the effect of the invention. The input principle of the 16×16 arrayed waveguide grating to receive the full-spectrum optical signal is: all first frames for inputting the full-spectrum optical signal, which are separated from each other by at least one first frame, and the sequence is The first 为 of the first (ie, sequence 1) and the first 序列 of the sequence (ie, the sequence of 16) may not simultaneously serve as inputs to receive the full spectrum optical signal.

The arrayed waveguide grating (1) located at the front end of the optical path has a plurality of first 埠L1, L3, ..., L(N-1), which enable the present invention to simultaneously accept the full spectrum optical signal input by each of the plurality of channels. The array waveguide grating (1) has the characteristics of splitting multiplex and coupling multiplexing, and the present invention also distributes the full spectrum optical signal input from the plurality of sources to a plurality of optical channels. The requirements are implemented; in addition, by appropriately designing the first chirp of the arrayed waveguide grating (1), it is possible to achieve "between the wavelength of each optical signal on the same optical channel and the optical signal closest to the wavelength, At least one wavelength unit apart." However, other than the arrayed waveguide grating, other equivalent elements capable of implementing the above requirements can be applied to the present invention. Furthermore, the present invention utilizes a tunable Bragg fiber grating (3) as an optical channel and a variable spectrum element. In the present invention, the variable spectrum element can be replaced by other tunable wavelength gratings or equivalent elements.

The foregoing description of the present invention is intended to provide a full understanding of the embodiments of the invention The simple equivalent changes and modifications made in the scope of the invention and the description of the invention are within the scope of the invention.

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(103)‧‧‧Step C

(104)‧‧‧Step D

(1)‧‧‧N/2×N arrayed waveguide grating

(2)‧‧‧N×N/2 arrayed waveguide grating

(3) ‧‧‧Adjustable Bragg Fiber Bragg Gratings

(31)‧‧‧Raster

(4) (4A) ‧‧‧Returner

(4B)‧‧‧Optocoupler

(41) (41A) ‧‧‧A

(42) (42A) ‧‧‧B埠

(43)(43A)‧‧‧C埠

(9)‧‧‧N×N arrayed waveguide grating

(10) ‧‧‧Fiber

(a) ‧‧1×N solution multiplexer

(b) ‧‧‧2×2 optical switchers

(c) ‧‧‧N×1 multiplexers

The first figure is a flow chart of the steps of the present invention.

The second figure is a schematic diagram of a hardware configuration for implementing the present invention.

The second A diagram is a schematic diagram of the hardware configuration for implementing the present invention, and is mainly used to illustrate the demultiplexing situation after the first 埠L1 inputs the full spectrum optical signal.

The second B diagram is a schematic diagram of the hardware configuration for implementing the present invention, and is mainly used to illustrate the demultiplexing situation after the first 埠L3 inputs the full spectrum optical signal.

The third figure is a schematic diagram of a hardware configuration for implementing the present invention, and is mainly used to explain the configuration of the optical coupler.

The fourth figure is a schematic diagram of the splitting of an N×N arrayed waveguide grating (AWG).

The fifth figure is a matrix of the divisional principle matrix of an N×N arrayed waveguide grating.

The sixth figure is a conventional optical signal plug-in multiplexer architecture diagram with N optical channels.

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Claims (7)

A method of receiving input of a complex full spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal, comprising the steps of:
A. accepting the full spectrum optical signal input by each of the plurality of sources;
B. distributing the full-spectrum optical signals input by the plurality of source ends to the plurality of optical channels, and respectively transmitting the optical signals of the plurality of wavelengths in a transmission direction, the wavelength of each optical signal being the light closest to the wavelength The signals are separated from each other by at least one wavelength unit;
C. arranging, on each optical channel, a plurality of variable spectrum elements that reflect a particular wavelength;
D. Presetting or modulating any variable frequency component to a wavelength frequency such that an optical signal of a particular wavelength at the same wavelength of the optical channel is reflected and folded back by the variable spectral element, and the rest is different from the wavelength frequency The optical signal continues to penetrate the variable spectrum element in the direction of transmission to manage the transmission of the optical signal of the plurality of wavelengths. The method of receiving input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal as described in claim 1, wherein any two adjacent optical signals of the plurality of wavelengths have different wavelengths λ _A and λ _C , between the wavelength ranges of λ _A and λ _C , is separated by at least one wavelength unit, and the wavelength segment spaced between the λ _A and λ _C is defined as λ _B , and the wavelength frequency of the variable spectrum element is Modulate in the following wavelengths: λ _A , λ _B or λ _C . The method of accepting input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal as described in claim 1 further extracts an optical signal that penetrates the variable spectrum element in step D for utilization. The method for accepting input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal as described in claim 1 further extracts an optical signal that is reflected by the variable spectrum element in the D step and is folded back for use. A method of receiving input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal as described in claim 4, wherein the optical signal is defined by a reflective portion of the variable-spectrum element as a reflection point along the aforementioned transmission direction. After the reflection point, an additional supplemental optical signal is input, the wavelength of the supplemental optical signal being the same as the wavelength of the folded optical signal. The method of accepting input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal as described in claim 5, wherein the supplemental optical signal is input by using a photoreactor. The method of accepting input of a complex full-spectrum optical signal and processing the optical signal as described in claim 5, wherein the supplemental optical signal is input by optical coupling.