WO2012020524A1 - 光強度判定器、その構成方法及び光a/d変換器 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a light intensity determiner that determines the input light intensity by converting the intensity of input light into phase information, and an optical A / D converter using the same.
- wavelength division multiplexing is used and the wavelength channel interval is determined. Therefore, about 100 channels can be used at 50 GHz intervals within the band of the optical fiber amplifier.
- optical multilevel modulation increases the amount of information without increasing the frequency usage band by multileveling using the amplitude and phase of light. It is a method to make it.
- optical OFDM an OFDM signal is generated from an electrical signal, optically modulated, and multiplexed between optical subcarriers in an orthogonal state. Therefore, the crosstalk problem can be solved and the frequency utilization efficiency can be increased.
- an optical A / D converter that directly derives an analog amount of an optical signal as a digital value has a feature of high speed, and thus many proposals have been made.
- Patent Document 1 by dividing an optical signal by a different predetermined division ratio, the light amount is expressed by a predetermined ratio, and the optical analog amount of the input optical signal depending on whether each divided optical signal has reached a threshold value Is detected.
- a feedback system via a non-linear optical element is configured for an input optical signal that is an analog signal, so that digital signals are sequentially transmitted from the optical A / D conversion means. A first output light is obtained.
- an optical encoding circuit uses a plurality of optical encoders including optical nonlinear elements having periodicity with different input / output characteristics relating to light intensity, to generate a pulse train of signal light having a first wavelength.
- Optically encoding according to control light which is a pulse train of an optical analog signal that has a second wavelength in the vicinity different from the first wavelength and is optically sampled, and each of a plurality of optically encoded pulse trains of signal light Output from the optical encoder.
- the optical quantization circuit is connected to each of the optical encoders, and uses a plurality of optical threshold processors having an optical nonlinear element having an input / output characteristic related to light intensity having periodicity, and the first wavelength.
- a pulse train of carrier light having a third wavelength in the vicinity different from the above is optically quantized by performing optical threshold processing in accordance with a plurality of optically encoded pulse trains of signal light, and output as an optical digital signal .
- Patent Document 4 a plurality of branch interference type optical modulators are provided, a photovoltaic element is formed on the same substrate, and an output voltage of the photovoltaic element is applied to the branch interference type optical modulator. It is characterized by that. Therefore, in this example, since the intensity signal light is once received by the PD and converted into a voltage signal, the speed of the electric signal determines the speed of the entire circuit.
- Patent Document 5 discloses a logic holding / logic inversion signal light generator 116 that converts an optical signal that is turned on and off into a phase difference signal.
- Patent Document 6 discloses an apparatus that uses a modulated signal of a phase difference of light to remove control light using a filter.
- a light intensity phase converter for use in an optical A / D converter using an MZ interferometer needs to realize different phase rotation amounts for the same light intensity. That is, when MZ type interferometers corresponding to each bit are prepared for the number of bits, a device for outputting different phase rotation amounts for the same light intensity is required for each. Furthermore, it is desirable to have a structure capable of connecting a device that performs a unit phase rotation. However, it is difficult to easily realize these, and in Patent Document 4, a different phase rotation amount is given after light is once converted into electricity. The configuration was complicated.
- the intensity phase converter is arranged in the MZ interferometer to realize the light intensity determination.
- the light intensity phase converter requires n waveguides having different amounts of phase rotation.
- the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to simply configure an optical A / D converter without increasing the element area.
- the light intensity determiner is An optical input port; An optical output port; An optical resonator provided between the optical input port and the optical output port; A first light receiving element for converting at least a part of an optical signal output from the first output port of the optical resonator into an electric signal; A second light receiving element that converts at least a part of the optical signal output from the second output port of the optical resonator into an electric signal; A comparison circuit that determines the magnitude of the electrical signal output from the first and second light receiving elements and outputs a digital signal; An optical branch circuit for branching output light from the second output port of the optical resonator to the optical output port and the second light receiving element; A part of the waveguide in the optical resonator is provided with a light intensity phase conversion unit that modulates the optical phase according to the intensity of the input light.
- the method of configuring the light intensity determiner according to the present invention is as follows.
- An optical resonator is provided between the optical input port and the optical output port, A first light receiving element for converting at least a part of an optical signal output from the first output port of the optical resonator into an electrical signal;
- a comparison circuit that determines the magnitude of the electrical signal output from the first and second light receiving elements and outputs a digital signal;
- An optical branch circuit for branching output light from the second output port of the optical resonator to the optical output port and the second light receiving element is provided,
- a part of the waveguide in the optical resonator is provided with a light intensity phase conversion unit that modulates an optical phase according to the intensity of input light.
- the optical A / D converter can be simply configured without increasing the element area.
- FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a light intensity determiner according to the first embodiment.
- the light intensity phase converter converts light intensity information into phase difference information.
- the light intensity determiner 1 includes an optical input port 2, a ring resonator 3, an optical intensity phase converter 4, a through port 5, optical branch circuits 6 and 9, an optical level adjuster 7, an optical An output port 8, a drop port 10, optical receivers (PD) 11 and 12, an electric signal amplifier 13, and an electric signal output port 14 are provided.
- the ring resonator 3 has a periodic wavelength dependency in transmission characteristics.
- the finesse of the ring resonator 3 is set to about 2, and is initially set so that the most transmitted wavelength is transmitted.
- the ring resonator 3 has a light intensity phase converter 4 (a part for converting light intensity due to the SPM effect into optical phase information) in a part of the ring waveguide.
- two light intensity phase converters 4 are provided opposite to each other in the ring waveguide of the ring resonator 3.
- the setting and arrangement are not limited to this.
- the light phase rotates approximately in proportion to the light intensity.
- the transmission characteristics of the ring resonator 3, that is, the light output from the through port 5 and the drop port 10 have a periodic dependency on the magnitude of the light input intensity from the light input port 2. .
- the light intensity phase conversion unit 4 for example, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) can be used.
- SOA semiconductor optical amplifier
- the refractive index changes because the density of the internal carriers changes, the phase of the light also rotates at the same time. This is the SPM effect.
- the light intensity phase converter 4 wants to rotate only the light phase without changing the light intensity as much as possible. For this purpose, a high current may be passed through the SOA and used in a saturated state.
- the light intensity phase conversion unit 4 is a core layer having a composition different from that of the other waveguides in the ring resonator 3.
- the core layer uses an InGaAsP multiple quantum well, but the composition wavelength is set to be substantially the same as or slightly longer than the wavelength of the light to be used. . Since the wavelength band used for normal optical communication is around 1.55 ⁇ m, the composition wavelength is also set to about 1.55 to 1.6 ⁇ m. On the other hand, for a waveguide transparent to light other than the light intensity phase conversion unit 4, the composition wavelength of the core layer is 1.3 to 1.5 ⁇ m.
- the finesse of the ring resonator 3 is set to about 2, it basically has a light output characteristic of a sine curve. Further, the light output intensities from the through port 5 and the drop port 10 have a reciprocal relationship. However, the difference from a general ring resonator is that, as a result of the light intensity phase conversion by the light intensity phase conversion unit 4 provided inside the ring resonator 3, the light output intensity is a component proportional to the light input intensity (see FIG. 2 and the sine curve in which the amplitude increases.
- the light from the through port 5 and the drop port 10 is tapped at a branch ratio of, for example, 1: 9 by the first optical branch circuit 6 and the second optical branch circuit 9, respectively, and the first optical receiver 11 and The light is received by the second optical receiver 12.
- the first and second optical receivers 11 and 12 are electrically connected in a so-called balanced receiver relationship.
- the signal which determined whether the output of either the 1st optical receiver 11 or the 2nd optical receiver 12 is high is output.
- the signal is output to the electric signal output port 14 through the electric amplifier 13.
- FIG. 4 is a diagram in which the signals of FIGS. 2 and 3 are superimposed. Since the first and second optical receivers 11 and 12 are connected in a balanced receiver relationship, the electrical signal output port 14 has the first and second optical receivers as shown in FIGS. Comparing the magnitude of the output signal from the device, only the digital signal determined by 1 or 0 written in the diagram of FIG. 4 is output. The output result is shown in FIG. Here, when the signals as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 are brought close to a sine curve, the intervals between the intersections for determining the magnitude can be made substantially equal. Thereby, it is possible to determine the magnitude of the light input intensity Pin from the light input port 2 with periodic dependency.
- the light that has not been branched to the first optical receiver 11 in the first optical branch circuit 6 is adjusted in light level through the light intensity adjuster 7 and output to the optical output port 8.
- the light intensity of the light intensity adjuster 7 is adjusted by the light intensity adjuster 7 so that the light intensity is output with substantially the same light intensity as the light intensity Pin input from the light input port 2.
- the light intensity adjuster 7 may be a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), for example.
- SOA semiconductor optical amplifier
- MMI multimode interferometer
- DC directional coupler
- the branch ratio can be adjusted by design for both MMI and DC, and is not limited to the 1: 9 branch ratio shown here.
- the ring resonator is taken as an example here, the structure is not limited to this as long as it has a periodic intensity output with respect to the light input frequency.
- the essence of this application is to combine the light intensity phase conversion unit that rotates the phase with respect to the intensity, such as a ring resonator, that normally shows a periodic intensity output with respect to the frequency. Therefore, it is to have a periodicity of strength.
- a ring resonator for example, an asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer or a Fabry-Perot resonator can be considered. What shows a periodic intensity output with respect to such a frequency can be used.
- a diagram in which components such as a waveguide and a ring resonator are integrated is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- Each component can also be configured by connecting with an optical fiber.
- FIG. 6 shows an optical A / D converter including therein the light intensity determiner according to the first embodiment.
- a device called an optical phase hybrid is used to cause interference between four local lights having different phases by 90 degrees and signal lights, and output for each of two systems for the real part I and the imaginary part Q.
- Light is obtained, and light from each system is received by a PD (Photodiode).
- PD Photodiode
- optical A / D conversion is performed using intensity information in each system after the optical signal has already been separated into the real part I or the imaginary part Q.
- the intensity of light was received by a PD and converted into an electric signal, and then converted into a digital value by an A / D converter using an electric circuit.
- the method using an optical A / D converter is considered to have a complicated structure because it is difficult to subtract light having a certain intensity from light having a certain intensity as it is. Therefore, in the present invention, a circuit for converting the intensity into a phase difference is added, and processing is performed with the optical phase.
- the light intensity is decomposed into multiple bits and extracted as a digital value in the state of light.
- FIG. 6 shows a 4-bit configuration example.
- four of the light intensity determiners shown in FIG. 1 are connected in series.
- the light intensity from the optical input port 20 is Pin.
- the first light intensity determiner 31 to which light is first input is a light intensity phase conversion characteristic that uses only a periodic characteristic that increases or decreases only once with respect to the light input intensity Pin. Yes.
- This is possible by adjusting the amount of phase change of the light intensity phase converter 4 in FIG. Specifically, it is possible by adjusting the length of the light intensity phase conversion unit 4 with respect to the circumference of the ring resonator 3.
- the light intensity phase conversion unit that increases or decreases only once with respect to the light input intensity Pin is configured so that the phase rotation is 2 ⁇ according to the light intensity from the minimum light intensity to the maximum light intensity.
- the length is set. Specifically, when SOA is used and SPM is used in its saturated state, it is considered that the maximum carrier density in the SOA is 10 19 cm ⁇ 3 and the minimum carrier density is about 10 18 cm ⁇ 3 . It is considered that the carrier density in the SOA changes in the longitudinal direction in a linear approximation from the maximum to the minimum by SPM, but when converted from the standard refractive index change obtained thereby, for the refractive index change of 2 ⁇ The length of about 200 ⁇ m is required.
- the optical branch circuit requires about 50 ⁇ m, the total ring length is 250 ⁇ m. Therefore, the diameter of the ring was about 80 ⁇ m. In this way, the first light intensity determiner 31 can be used to determine the most significant bit (maximum intensity side) of the 4-bit output.
- the second light intensity is arranged next.
- the output characteristic thereof is a cyclic characteristic (0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0) repeated two times as shown in FIG. 7B. That is, it becomes a half repetition period. This is because the light intensity changing from (0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0) is input to the optical input port 21, first, the input from the through port of the second light intensity determiner 32 with respect to the input of 0 ⁇ 1.
- the output is 0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0.
- the output becomes 0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0 again, so that the entire cycle is further half as 0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0 ⁇ 1 ⁇ 0.
- This is similarly input to the light input port 22 of the third light intensity determiner 33, and the repetition period is further reduced by half (FIG. 7C). Further, the light is input to the light input port 23 of the fourth light intensity determiner 34, and the repetition period is further halved (FIG. 7D).
- the cycle characteristic is doubled every time it is transmitted, and binary bit output is possible.
- the optical A / D converter the output of each bit from the light intensity determiners 31 to 34 is output from the electrical signal output ports 41 to 44 as digital signals D41 to D44. This is shown in FIG. It can be seen that the lower the bit, the shorter the repetition period.
- FIG. 6 shows a 4-bit example
- an n-bit optical A / D converter can be configured by connecting n light intensity determiners in series.
- the element length is only n times the number of bits n, so that there is an effect that it is easy to increase the number of bits.
- the light level adjuster matches the input intensity and the output intensity of the light by the light level adjuster, thereby determining the first to fourth light intensity.
- the vessels can have exactly the same configuration.
- FIG. 6 shows an example in which components such as a waveguide and a ring resonator are integrated, but the present invention is not limited to this. Each component can also be configured by connecting with an optical fiber.
- FIG. 9 shows an example of a light intensity determiner 15 having a different configuration of the ring resonator as the light intensity determiner with respect to the first embodiment.
- the arrangement of the drop port 10 is changed with respect to the ring resonator 3 shown in the first embodiment.
- the 1st and 2nd optical receivers 11 and 12 can be arrange
- the light intensity phase conversion unit 4 which is divided into two and arranged to face each other is integrally formed.
- the first and second optical receivers 11 and 12 as balanced receivers can also be arranged outside the light intensity determiner 15.
- FIG. 10 shows an example of the light intensity determiner 16 configured using the asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer 17 as the light intensity determiner.
- the through port 5 and the drop port 10 of the ring resonator 3 shown in the first embodiment correspond to the first MZ output port 18 and the second MZ output port 19, respectively.
- Other configurations are the same as those in FIG.
- the application example of the light intensity determination unit including the light intensity phase conversion unit to the optical A / D converter is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this.
- the intensity of the signal light is reflected in the phase information of the continuous light by the light intensity phase conversion unit, and when it is applied to a resonator structure such as a ring, it is converted into an intensity signal. Therefore, generally, when the wavelength of the signal light is different from the wavelength of the continuous light, it can also function as a wavelength converter. Such an application is also possible.
- the optical A / D converter using the optical intensity phase converter according to the above-described embodiment can be used in an optical demodulation circuit in a form that takes advantage of high speed and low power.
- an optical A / D converter can be incorporated in a coherent detection circuit or an optical direct detection circuit.
- the present invention is applicable to a light intensity determiner that determines the input light intensity by converting the intensity of the input light into phase information, and an optical A / D converter using the light intensity determiner.
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特許文献6には、フィルタによって制御光を除去する、光の位相差の変調信号を利用した装置が示されている。
光入力ポートと、
光出力ポートと、
前記光入力ポートと、前記光出力ポートとの間に設けられた光共振器と、
前記光共振器の第1の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第1の受光素子と、
前記光共振器の第2の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第2の受光素子と、
前記第1及び第2の受光素子から出力される電気信号の大小を判定し、デジタル信号を出力する比較回路と、
前記光出力ポートと、前記第2の受光素子とへ、前記光共振器の前記第2の出力ポートからの出力光を分岐する光分岐回路と、を備え、
前記光共振器内の導波路の一部には、入力光の強度に応じて光位相を変調する光強度位相変換部が設けられているものである。
光入力ポートと、光出力ポートとの間に光共振器を設け、
前記光共振器の第1の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第1の受光素子を設け、
前記光共振器の第2の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第2の受光素子を設け、
前記第1及び第2の受光素子から出力される電気信号の大小を判定し、デジタル信号を出力する比較回路を設け、
前記光出力ポートと、前記第2の受光素子とへ、前記光共振器の前記第2の出力ポートからの出力光を分岐する光分岐回路を設け、
前記光共振器内の導波路の一部には、入力光の強度に応じて光位相を変調する光強度位相変換部を設けるものである。
本実施の形態では、光強度情報を位相情報に変換して入力強度を判定する光強度判定器の構成を提案する。図1は、第1の実施の形態に係る光強度判定器の構成図である。光強度位相変換器は、光強度の情報を、位相差の情報に変換する。図1に示すように、この光強度判定器1は、光入力ポート2、リング共振器3、光強度位相変換部4、スルーポート5、光分岐回路6、9、光レベル調整器7、光出力ポート8、ドロップポート10、光受信器(PD)11、12、電気信号増幅器13、電気信号出力ポート14を備えている。
次に、本発明の第2の実施の形態に係る光A/D変換器について説明する。図6には、第1の実施の形態に係る光強度判定器を内部に含む光A/D変換器を示す。
ところで、多値・多重化された光信号の復調のためには、光の位相及び振幅の状態を検知する必要がある。しかしながら、複素平面上で光の状態を検知するのは困難なため、前段で実部Iと虚部Qに分離しておき、それぞれの実部Iと虚部Qの強度情報を受信器(PD)にて検知するのが一般的である。
次に、光強度判定器として、第1の実施の形態に対し、リング共振器の構成の異なる構成による光強度判定器15の例を図9に示す。第1の実施の形態に示したリング共振器3に対し、ドロップポート10の配置が変更されている。これにより、第1及び第2の光受光器11、12を平行に近い位置に配置できるため、バランスドレシーバの標準的な構成にすることができる。また、これに伴い、2つに分割されて対向配置されていた光強度位相変換部4が一体に形成されている。なお、バランスドレシーバとしての第1及び第2の光受信器11、12は、光強度判定器15の外部に配置することもできる。
次に、光強度判定器として、非対称マッハツェンダー干渉計17を用いて構成した光強度判定器16の例を図10に示す。第1の実施の形態に示したリング共振器3のスルーポート5及びドロップポート10に、それぞれ第1のMZ出力ポート18と第2のMZ出力ポート19に対応している。他の構成については図1の構成と同一である。
2 光入力ポート
3 リング共振器
4 光強度位相変換部
5 スルーポート
6、9 光分岐回路
7 光レベル調整器
8 光出力ポート
10 ドロップポート
11、12 光受信器(PD)
13 電気信号増幅器
14 電気信号出力ポート
16 光強度判定器
17 非対称マッハツェンダー干渉計
18、19 MZ出力ポート
20、21、22、23 光入力ポート
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- 光入力ポートと、
光出力ポートと、
前記光入力ポートと、前記光出力ポートとの間に設けられた光共振器と、
前記光共振器の第1の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第1の受光素子と、
前記光共振器の第2の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第2の受光素子と、
前記第1及び第2の受光素子から出力される電気信号の大小を判定し、デジタル信号を出力する比較回路と、
前記光出力ポートと、前記第2の受光素子とへ、前記光共振器の前記第2の出力ポートからの出力光を分岐する光分岐回路と、を備え、
前記光共振器内の導波路の一部には、入力光の強度に応じて光位相を変調する光強度位相変換部が設けられている光強度判定器。 - 前記光分岐回路と光出力ポートとの間に設けられ、出力光強度を調整する光レベル調整器をさらに備えることを特徴とする請求項1に記載の光強度判定器。
- 前記光強度位相変換部が、半導体光増幅器を備えていることを特徴とする請求項1又は2に記載の光強度判定器。
- 前記光強度位相変換部がが、リング共振器であることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の光強度判定器。
- 前記光共振器が、非対称マッハツェンダー干渉計であることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の光強度判定器。
- 前記光共振器が、ファブリーペロー共振器であることを特徴とする請求項1~3のいずれか一項に記載の光強度判定器。
- 請求項1~6のいずれか一項に記載の光強度判定器を複数備え、
当該複数の光強度判定器が直列に接続されたことを特徴とする光A/D変換器。 - 前記複数の光強度判定器は、いずれも同一構造であることを特徴とする請求項7に記載の光A/D変換器。
- 光入力ポートと、光出力ポートとの間に光共振器を設け、
前記光共振器の第1の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第1の受光素子を設け、
前記光共振器の第2の出力ポートから出力された光信号の少なくとも一部を電気信号に変換する第2の受光素子を設け、
前記第1及び第2の受光素子から出力される電気信号の大小を判定し、デジタル信号を出力する比較回路を設け、
前記光出力ポートと、前記第2の受光素子とへ、前記光共振器の前記第2の出力ポートからの出力光を分岐する光分岐回路を設け、
前記光共振器内の導波路の一部には、入力光の強度に応じて光位相を変調する光強度位相変換部を設ける光強度判定器の構成方法。
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