WO2010050878A1 - Communication system comprising a tunable laser - Google Patents

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WO2010050878A1
WO2010050878A1 PCT/SE2009/051166 SE2009051166W WO2010050878A1 WO 2010050878 A1 WO2010050878 A1 WO 2010050878A1 SE 2009051166 W SE2009051166 W SE 2009051166W WO 2010050878 A1 WO2010050878 A1 WO 2010050878A1
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Pierre-Jean Rigole
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Abstract

A communication system comprising a communication unit with a first part (1) and a number of a second part (2), where the second part (2) is arranged to be placed at the location of an end user such as a domicile, office or equivalent, and where the first part (1) is common for a number of said second parts (2), where the first part and the second part respectively comprise a laser (6), and where each second part is connected with the first part by means of a fibre optic cable (3) and a frequency filter (4; 12, 13), and where the first part (1) and the relevant second part (2) are arranged to exchange information by means of laser light. The invention is characterised in that each one of the second parts (2) comprises a tunable laser (6), in that the first part (1) is arranged to analyse light received from a second part (2), and in that the first part (1) is arranged to transmit information to the second part (2) while the first part is receiving light from the second part, and in that the said information contains information for the second part (2) that it should adjust, where required, its frequency or wavelength, and in that the second part (2) thus is arranged to change its frequency or wavelength.

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Communication system comprising a tunable laser
The present invention relates to a communication system comprising a tunable laser, and in particular to a communication unit, where one part is intended to be located at an end-user location (a domicile, an office, a block of flats) and where one part is common for a number of the said parts located at the end users.
In order to achieve that end-user locations, such as domiciles and offices, etc., are provided with the possibility of communication through fibre optic cable, it is required that a communication laser be located at each end-user location that is connected, where it is required that the cable is connected at its second end to a communication laser, which is provided with information from a source of information. It must be possible to tune such lasers in order for it to be possible to select the channel, i.e. the frequency or wavelength, for the communication.
A number of tunable lasers are available. One type of laser is that known as an ECL-laser (External Cavity Laser) . This comprises an amplifier chip, connective optical components and one or several external optical filters. The mutual alignment of the components must be of very high precision in such lasers, and this means that the manufacturing costs and the material costs are both high. An ECL laser, however, gives a very high spectral purity.
A second type of laser is that known as a DFB-laser (Distributed Feedback) , where an array of DFB lasers is used. Each DFB laser can be tuned by means of the temperature of the laser. The light emitted from each one of the DFB lasers is directed into the same optical fibre by means of an MEMS mirror (Micro-Electromechanical Mirror) , or through the use of a passive N:l combiner, where N is the number of lasers in the array. The use of an MEMS mirror leads to the laser being sensitive to vibrations.
On the other hand, the use of an N:l combiner leads to damping by at least a factor of 1/N, which leads to the requirement that the signal, the light, be amplified. Furthermore, the thermal tuning is slow.
A further type of laser is a DBR laser (Distributed Bragg Reflector) . An SGDBR laser (Sampled Grating Distributed Bragg Reflector), and a digital super-mode (DS) DBR laser, and an MG-Y laser are all monolithic arrangements, i.e. the complete tunable laser consists of a single chip of InP with waveguides of InGaAsP. Such lasers are manufactured on a single wafer, and this means that the manufacture is cost- effective. An MG-Y laser is described in the Swedish patent number 529492. Since these lasers are tuned by means of current injection into one or several sections, the tuning is very rapid. These lasers are also the smallest tunable lasers .
Present applications for city-wide and long-distance networks require that the frequencies or wavelengths of the lasers be controlled with high precision without the traffic being interrupted, and this control must be exerted for long periods. This requires, in turn, that the temperatures of the lasers be precisely controlled, and that some form of frequency references be available. The common method of controlling the temperature of a laser is to use a Peltier cooler. This is, however, expensive and sensitive to moisture, which means that the complete arrangement must be enclosed within a hermetically sealed unit. All lasers require also an optical insulator in order to suppress reflections, which may affect the frequency stability.
As a result of the requirements described above, the costs of manufacturing lasers and inspecting them are too high for it to be possible to install one laser at each end-user location in, for example, a large number of domiciles in a housing estate.
The present invention solves this problem by using an approach that differs from that which is prevalent in laser communication systems.
The present invention thus relates to a communication system that comprises a communication unit with a first part and a number of a second part, where the second part is arranged to be located at an end-user location, such as a domicile, of- fice room or equivalent, and where the first part is common for a number of the said second parts, where the first part and each second part comprise a laser, where each second part is connected to the first part by means of a fibre optic cable and a frequency filter, and where the first part and the relevant second part are arranged to exchange information by means of laser light, and is characterised in that each one of the second parts comprises a tunable laser, in that the first part is arranged to analyse light received from a second part, and in that the first part is arranged to trans- mit information to the second part while the first part is receiving light from the second part, and in that the said information contains information for the second part that it should adjust, where required, its frequency or wavelength, and in that the second part is thereby arranged to change its frequency or wavelength.
The invention is described in more detail below, partly in association with the attached drawings, where:
- Figure Ia schematically illustrates the present communication system,
- Figure Ib shows the principle of transmission through an optical filter as a function of the optical frequency or wavelength,
- Figure Ic shows a block diagram of a second part in one design,
- Figure 2 illustrates an embodiment of the invention, Figure 3a illustrates data traffic from one end user to a base station in the example shown in Figure 2,
- Figure 3b illustrates data traffic from a base station to an end user in the example shown in Figure 2, and
- Figure 4 illustrates an alternative design from the one shown in Figure 2.
Figure 1 shows a communication system that comprises a communication unit with a first part 1 (Central Office) and a number of a second part 2 (End User) , where the second part 2 is arranged to be located at the location of an end user, such as a domicile, office or equivalent. The present invention can be used in all situations in which a central unit is connected to a number of end users. Only a single second part 2 is shown in Figure 1. The first part 1 is common for a number of the said second parts 2, where the first part 1 and the second part 2 both comprise a laser.
Each second part 2 is connected to a first part 1 by means of a fibre optic cable 3 and a frequency filter 4 (Optical FiI- ter) , and where the first part and the relevant second part are arranged to exchange information by means of laser light. Also the first part in Figure Ia can transmit light to the second part 2 through the fibre optic cable 5.
It is only necessary for the frequency filter 4 to be located in the connection from the second part 2 to the first part 1. There may be a filter also in the connection from the first part 1 to the second part 2, but this is not an absolute requirement. If a filter is present in the connection from the first part 1 to the second part 2, it need not be the same filter as that in the connection from the second part 2 to the first part 1.
In the example shown in Figure 2, the communication from the second part 2 to the first part 1 will take place in another frequency band than the communication from the first part 1 to the second part 2.
Each one of the second parts 2 comprises, according to the invention, a tunable laser 6 (Tunable Transmitter) .
The first part 1 is arranged to analyse light received from the second part 2 by means of a receiver 7 (Rx) , as shown in Figures 2 and 3a. The first part 1 is arranged to transmit information to the second part 2 by means of a transmitter 8 (Tx) in the form of a laser, while the first part 1 is receiving light from the second part 2. The arrow 5 illustrates that information is transmitted from the first part 1 to the second part 2.
Furthermore, the said information to the second part 2 contains, according to the invention, instructions to adjust the frequency or wavelength when this is necessary, and that the second part 2 is thereby arranged to change its frequency or wavelength.
A transmitter (Tx) in the form of a laser is located in a base station (Central Office) , and this transmitter transmits a light signal downstream in a fibre 3. The signal is distributed into different fibres 9, 10, 11, at a point that lies close to a group of end users 2 (End User) , as shown in Figure 3b. Each one of the said fibres runs to a single end user. The said fibres 3 may be long, 10-20 km for example, while the final fibres 9, 10, 11 to the end users are only, for example, 100 m long. The lengths are determined, naturally, by geographical conditions.
A higher capacity is obtained by the use of wavelength multiplexing. For this purpose, the transmitter in the base station comprises an array of lasers that transmit signals of different frequencies or wavelengths. The different signals are inserted into the fibre 3 with the aid of a wavelength multiplexer 12 (MUX) . The signals are divided up at the end of the fibre 3 into the individual wavelengths by means of a wavelength demultiplexer 13 (DEMUX), as shown in Figure 3b. This is an example of what is known as a WDM-PON system (Wavelength Division Muliplexing Passive Optical Network) .
One advantage of using the WDM-PON technology is that it is relatively simple to upgrade existing PON systems, since it is necessary to exchange only the components at the end points (part 1 and parts 2) and the point of division at which the light is divided up into different wavelengths. Signals from the base station to the end users have been described above. It is, however, the case that signal traffic takes place also from the end users to the base station. For such signals 14, 15, 16, as shown in Figure 3a, the said DEMUX 13 will take on the properties of a MUX and the said MUX 12 will take on the properties of a DEMUX. It is thus of the highest importance that the light that is transmitted from any specific end user has the correct wavelength, in order for the light be inserted into the said fibre 3 by the MUX.
The symbols "V" with different subscripts in Figures 3a and 3b denote the different optical frequencies or wavelengths.
It is a desire that it be possible to use a universal transceiver (a transmitter and receiver unit) 17 at the end users. This requires that the transceiver 17 comprises a tunable laser 6.
The present invention makes it possible to have a universal transceiver (a transmitter and receiver unit) .
It is generally known that the frequency or wavelength of a laser drifts with time. It is therefore necessary that the control currents, voltages and/or temperature of the laser, and thus also its frequency or wavelength, change with time in order for it to be possible for the communication described above to take place. Various arrangements are previously known by which a communication laser can compensate for drift of frequency or wavelength such that the laser maintains its frequency or wavelength, but such arrangements are expensive . The present invention is based on the concept of allowing the laser of the end user to drift, but providing it with information that enables it to adjust (usually in an iterative manner) its frequency or wavelength, such that it becomes the frequency or wavelength on which it is to transmit in order to be able to communicate with the base station. The laser of the end user obtains this information from the laser of the base station.
According to one preferred embodiment, the laser of the second part is thus not provided with an arrangement comprising a frequency reference, nor with internal arrangements in order to maintain a pre-determined frequency or wavelength.
When a transceiver (a transmitter and receiver unit) with a laser has been installed at the location of an end user, the laser is arranged to transmit on different frequencies successively. The transceiver (a transmitter and receiver unit) 17 of the second part 2 comprises not only a tunable laser 6, but also a receiver 18 (Rx) and a control circuit 19 (Control Logic), as shown in Figure Ic. The frequencies that the laser 6 transmits are controlled by the control circuit 19. The base station 1 receives the transmitted laser light, provided it has passed the optical filter 4; 12, 13. It has been arranged that the laser 6 will change between different frequencies, and this means that at a certain condition light will be received in the receiver of the base station, and there analysed.
According to one preferred embodiment, the first part 1 is arranged to analyse directly or indirectly light that has been received from a second part 2 with respect to its frequency or wavelength. According to one preferred embodiment, the first part 1, the base station, is arranged to measure the frequency or wavelength indirectly by measuring the intensity of the light. Figure Ib shows a curve of the light power received as a function of the frequency or wavelength. In case the first part 1 does not receive the power expected, the first part is arranged to transmit to the second part 2 the said information requesting that it change the frequency or wavelength. The control circuit 19 is arranged to decode this information and then to change the control currents, voltages and/or temperature of the laser 6 such that the frequency or wavelength is changed.
According to one preferred alternative embodiment, the first part 1 is arranged to measure the frequency or wavelength directly.
According to one preferred embodiment, in the case in which the frequency or wavelength deviates from a pre-determined value, the first part 1 is arranged to transmit information to the second part 2 requesting that it change the frequency or wavelength, whereby the control circuit 19 of the second part 2 is arranged to change the frequency or wavelength, after which the first part 1 once again analyses the frequency or wavelength, and is arranged to transmit, if necessary, further information to the second part 2 requesting that it change the frequency or wavelength further.
According to one preferred alternative embodiment of the invention, the second part is arranged to frequency modulate the light that is transmitted, and the first part is arranged to measure the derivative and to determine the sign of the derivative of the power received as a function of the frequency or wavelength of the light received. If the wavelength received from the second part lies on a flank of the filter characteristic during its transmission through a MUX/DEMUX, the frequency modulation will be converted into an amplitude modulation. Only if the wavelength lies at the top of the filter characteristic will the amplitude modulation be equal to zero. The first part is arranged to measure the amplitude, and to send information to the second part with a request for changes in the frequency or wavelength, based on the result of the measurement.
It may occur that a laser in a second part 2 is not capable of being directed to use another frequency or wavelength since it is not possible to increase the control currents, for example, any further. In this case, the laser of the first part is arranged to transmit information to the control circuit 19 of the second part containing a request to reset or restart the laser of the second part. Alternatively, the second part may be arranged to select another working configuration, after receiving information from the first part. This configuration may comprise, for example, another combination of control currents that gives the same frequency or wavelength.
A further possible implementation of the invention is shown in Figure 4 in which, m contrast to the embodiments described above, a fibre ring 20 with optical add/drop multiplexers 21, 22, 23 (OADM) is used to connect end users 24, 25, 26. An OADM extracts one or several frequencies from an input optical fibre and transmits other frequencies onwards in an output fibre. An OADM may also add new signals to an output fibre, where the signals have the same frequencies as those that have been extracted from the input fibre. A MUX 27 and a DEMUX 28 are located in the base station.
The present invention solves the problems described in the introduction and it allows the use of a cheap tunable laser at the locations of end users, by allowing this laser to drift in frequency or wavelength since control is exerted by the base station when it receives light from a certain end user.
A number of embodiments have been described above. It is, however, obvious that these can be varied with respect to the optical components that are included, in order to achieve the result that a laser at an end-user location is controlled with respect to its frequency or wavelength by a laser located at a base station.
Thus, the present invention is not to be considered to be limited to the embodiments specified above since it can be varied within the scope specified by the attached patent claims .

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1. A communication system that comprises a communication unit with a first part (1) and a number of a second part (2),
5 where the second part (2) is arranged to be located at an end-user location, such as a domicile, office or equivalent, and where the first part (1) is common for a number of the said second parts (2), where the first part and each second part comprise a laser (Tx, 17), where each second part is w connected to the first part by means of a fibre optic cable (3) and a frequency filter (4; 12, 13), and where the first part (1) and the relevant second part (2) are arranged to exchange information by means of laser light, cha rac t e r i s ed in that each one of the second parts (2) com-
15 prises a tunable laser (6), in that the first part (1) is arranged to analyse light received from a second part (2), and in that the first part (1) is arranged to transmit information to the second part (2) while the first part is receiving light from the second part, and in that the said informa-
20 tion contains information for the second part (2) that it should adjust, where required, its frequency or wavelength, and in that the second part (2) is thereby arranged to change its frequency or wavelength.
25 2. A communication system according to claim 1, cha ra c t e r i s e d in that the first part (1) is arranged to analyse either directly or indirectly light received from a second part (2) with respect to its frequency or wavelength.
30 3. A communication system according to claim 1 or 2, cha r act e r i s ed in that the laser (6) of the second part (2) is not provided with an arrangement comprising a frequency reference, nor with internal arrangements for maintaining a pre-determined frequency or wavelength.
4. A communication system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, cha r a ct e r i s ed in that the second part (2) comprises a control circuit (18) for controlling the control currents, voltages and/or temperature of the laser (6), and thus its frequency or wavelength, which control circuit (19) is arranged to change the frequency or wavelength of the laser (6) when the second part (2) has received information from the first part (1) with a request to change the frequency or wavelength of the second part.
5. A communication system according to claim 4, cha ra c - t e r i s ed in that, in the case in which the frequency or wavelength deviates from a pre-determined value, the first part (1) is arranged to transmit information to the second part (2) requesting that it change the frequency or wavelength, in that the control circuit (18) of the second part (2) is arranged to change the frequency or wavelength, after which the first part (1) once again analyses the frequency or wavelength, and is arranged to transmit, if necessary, further information to the second part (2) requesting that it change the frequency or wavelength further.
6. A communication system according to claim 2, 3, 4 or 5, cha ract e ri s ed in that the first part (1) is arranged to measure the frequency or wavelength indirectly by measuring the intensity of the light.
7. A communication system according to claim 2, 3, 4 or 5, cha ra ct e r i s ed in that the first part (1) is arranged to measure the frequency or wavelength directly.
8. A communication system according to claim 2, 3, 4 or 5, cha ra ct e r i s ed i n that the second part (2) is arranged to frequency modulate the light that is transmitted,
5 and in that the first part (1) is arranged to measure the derivative of the power received as a function of its frequency or wavelength.
9. A communication system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, W 6, 7 or 8, cha ra ct e r i s ed in that the first part (1) comprises an array of fixed wavelength lasers.
10. A communication system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9, cha ra ct e r i s ed in that the first part
15 (1) comprises tunable lasers.
11. A communication system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10, cha ra ct e r i s ed in that a multiplexer (12) and a demultiplexer (13) are present between the
20 first part (1) and the second part (2), which multiplexer and demultiplexer are arranged to lead light from the said first part to the relevant second part and vice versa.
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