WO2013161196A1 - マッハツェンダ型光変調器、光送受信システム、及びマッハツェンダ型光変調器の制御方法 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator, an optical transmission / reception system, and a control method for the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator.
- wavelength-division-multiplexed optical fiber communication systems With the explosive demand for broadband multimedia communication services such as the Internet and video distribution, long-distance, large-capacity and high-reliability high-density wavelength-division-multiplexed optical fiber communication systems are being introduced in trunk lines and metro lines.
- optical fiber access services are rapidly spreading in subscriber systems.
- it is important to reduce the installation cost of an optical fiber that is an optical transmission line and to increase the transmission band utilization efficiency per optical fiber. For this reason, a wavelength multiplexing technique that multiplexes and transmits optical signals having different wavelengths is widely used.
- an optical modulator in which the light intensity modulation component (when the modulation method is the light intensity modulation method) or the light intensity modulation component (when the modulation method is the optical phase modulation method) is suppressed as much as possible.
- an MZ light intensity modulator incorporating a waveguide-type optical phase modulator similar to a waveguide-type Mach-Zehnder hereinafter referred to as MZ: Mach-Zehnder
- the optical modulation spectrum bandwidth is higher than that of the normal binary light intensity modulation method from the viewpoint of spectrum utilization efficiency and resistance to chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion of the optical fiber.
- a narrower, multilevel optical modulation signaling scheme is advantageous.
- pre-equalization technology that compensates for waveform distortion caused by the optical fiber that becomes the transmission path by applying distortion of the reverse characteristic on the transmission side is also necessary. It becomes.
- Patent Document 1 discloses a method of driving an optical modulator having an MZ configuration using an LN modulator or the like with an analog signal using an electric DAC and a linear linear amplifier.
- the band of the element is an important factor. Taking an optical device (for example, an optical modulator) generally used in an optical fiber communication system as an example, the band is limited mainly due to the CR time constant limitation due to the influence of the resistance component R and the capacitance C of the device.
- the required voltage and the capacity of the element are determined by the electric field strength and the interaction length. In general, if the interaction length is long, the electric field intensity per unit length may be small, but the capacitance of the element increases accordingly.
- Patent Document 2 proposes a technique for solving the trade-off between the interaction length and the bandwidth.
- the electrode division structure formed by dividing the electrode into two or more along the light traveling direction is applied, and the capacitance can be reduced by electrically separating and driving the long electrodes independently. Proposed.
- the signal intensity of the modulated output light becomes nonlinear with respect to the amplitude of the input signal, which causes a problem that the quality of the output light deteriorates.
- the extinction characteristic becomes a sine curve characteristic. Therefore, in the optical modulator having the MZ configuration, the linearity of the intensity of the output light with respect to the amplitude of the input signal cannot be ensured. This problem also occurs in an optical modulator in which a plurality of electrodes are provided along the light traveling direction as described in Patent Document 2, for example.
- An object of the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and in a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator provided with a plurality of electrodes along the traveling direction of light, a Mach-Zehnder type for reducing quality degradation of output light.
- An optical modulator, an optical transmission / reception system, and a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator control method are provided.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes the input light into two, a first waveguide through which each demultiplexed input light is guided, A second waveguide, a multiplexing unit that multiplexes and outputs the input light guided from the first waveguide and the second waveguide, and the first waveguide and the second waveguide; A plurality of electrodes that are paired by being arranged in parallel symmetrically, and a drive unit that differentially drives the corresponding electrode pair according to the magnitude of the threshold voltage set for each electrode pair and the voltage of the input signal, The plurality of electrodes are differentially driven to apply a voltage for modulating input light to the arranged waveguide.
- a method of controlling a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the present invention is a method of controlling a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator, and the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes: a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes input light into two; A first waveguide and a second waveguide through which each input light is guided, and each input light guided from the first waveguide and the second waveguide is combined and output.
- An optical transmission / reception system includes the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator described above, an optical transmitter that outputs an optical signal modulated by the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator, a transmission path through which the optical signal propagates, and a transmission path And an optical receiver for receiving an optical signal via the optical receiver.
- a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator comprising a plurality of electrodes along the light traveling direction, a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator, an optical transmission / reception system, and a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulation that reduce quality degradation of output light. It is possible to provide a method for controlling the vessel.
- FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to a first embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to a second embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the operation
- FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to a fifth embodiment. FIG.
- FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram of a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to a sixth embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the optical transmission / reception system which concerns on 7th Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the voltage of the input signal of the related Mach-Zehnder type
- the Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator includes a waveguide 200a, a waveguide 200b, a demultiplexing unit 100, a multiplexing unit 300, an electrode group 400 for phase modulation, a driving unit group 500, and a comparison unit group 600.
- the waveguide 200a and the waveguide 200b are arranged in parallel.
- the demultiplexing unit 100 is disposed on the light input side of the waveguide 200a and the waveguide 200b.
- a multiplexing unit 300 is disposed on the light output side of the waveguide 200a and the waveguide 200b.
- An electrode group 400 is disposed in each of the waveguides 200a and 200b between the demultiplexing unit 100 and the multiplexing unit 300.
- the demultiplexing unit 100 branches the introduced light, gives a predetermined phase difference to the other light with respect to one of the branched lights, and outputs one light and the other light, respectively.
- one light output from the demultiplexing unit 100 is introduced into the waveguide 200a, and the other light is introduced into the waveguide 200b.
- the predetermined phase difference can be set to ⁇ / 2, for example.
- the multiplexing unit 300 receives two lights, multiplexes the introduced lights, and outputs the combined light. Specifically, the multiplexing unit 300 receives two lights, and gives a predetermined phase difference to the other light with respect to one of the introduced lights. Next, one light and the other light are combined, and the combined light is output.
- the light guided by the waveguide 200a is introduced into the multiplexing unit 300 as one light
- the light guided by the waveguide 200b is introduced into the multiplexing unit 300 as the other light.
- the predetermined phase difference can be set to ⁇ / 2, for example.
- the predetermined phase difference in the demultiplexing unit 100 and the multiplexing unit 300 is not limited to ⁇ / 2.
- the demultiplexing unit 100 and the multiplexing unit 300 can be realized by MMI (Multi-Mode Interference), for example.
- MMI Multi-Mode Interference
- Drive units 501, 502,... 516 correspond to electrodes 401, 402,. .. 516 output electrical signals to the corresponding electrodes 401, 402,..., 416 in response to outputs from the corresponding comparison units 601, 602,. To do.
- the drive unit group 500 drives the electrode group 400.
- the drive units 501, 502,... 516 are arranged symmetrically with respect to the waveguide 200a and the waveguide 200b, and a positive phase voltage is applied to one of the electrodes 401, 402,. .., 416, and a differential voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes 401, 402,..., 416.
- the electrodes 401, 402,..., 416 apply a voltage to the waveguide 200a and the waveguide 200b by electric signals input from the driving units 501, 502,.
- the comparison units 601, 602,... 616 correspond to the drive units 501, 502,.
- Each of the comparison units 601, 602,..., 616 compares the threshold voltage set by the control unit 700 with the voltage of the input signal. Then, high / low digital signals are output to the corresponding driving units 501, 502,.
- one of the electrode groups 400 provided in the waveguide 200 a is driven by the normal phase output of the drive unit group 500, and the other of the electrode groups 400 provided in the waveguide 200 b is driven by the reverse phase output of the drive unit group 500.
- the drive unit group 500 performs push-pull drive (differential drive) on the electrode group 400.
- the control unit 700 sets a threshold voltage in the comparison unit group 600 so that the intensity of the output light becomes a desired intensity. For example, an input signal is connected to the input terminals of the comparison units 601 to 616, and the control unit 700 is connected to the reference voltage terminals of the comparison units 601 to 616 for setting the threshold voltage.
- the control unit 700 individually applies arbitrary threshold voltages (VTH [0] to VTH [15]) to the comparison units 601 to 616, respectively. Thus, the threshold voltages of the comparison units 601 to 616 are set.
- a general optical modulator having an MZ configuration performs phase modulation of light passing under an electrode by driving a single electrode with an analog signal.
- the drive unit group 500 outputs High / Low of the digital signal to the electrode group 400 according to the output from the comparison unit group 600.
- phase modulation of light passing under the electrode group 400 is performed. That is, only the electrode that gave the High signal is involved in the phase modulation of the light, and the electrode that gave the Low signal is not involved in the phase modulation.
- phase modulation corresponding to the number M of the comparison units 6M whose comparison result is High is performed, and phase modulation of M gradations can be realized. Since the operation of the other optical modulators is the same as that of a general optical modulator having an MZ configuration, the description thereof is omitted here.
- the control unit 700 sets a plurality of threshold voltages in the comparison units 601 to 616 of the comparison unit group 600 so that the output light has a desired intensity (S1).
- the light introduced by the demultiplexing unit 100 is demultiplexed (S2).
- the waveguides 200a and 200b guide the demultiplexed light (S3).
- the comparison unit group 600 compares the set threshold voltage with the voltage of the input signal, and outputs the comparison result to the drive unit group 500 (S4).
- the drive unit group 500 outputs an electrical signal to the electrode group 400 according to the comparison result of the comparison unit group 600 (S5).
- the electrode group 400 modulates the light passing through the waveguides 200a and 200b according to the input electric signal (S6).
- the combining unit 300 combines the light guided by the waveguides 200a and 200b, and outputs the combined light as output light (S7).
- FIG. 3A shows an example of the outputs of the drive units 501 to 516 (only the positive phase output side) with respect to the input signal.
- the input signal is increased from ⁇ V ⁇ / 2 to + V ⁇ / 2.
- VTH [0] to VTH [15] set by the control unit 700 the corresponding drive units 501 to 516 sequentially go High in accordance with the outputs of the comparison units 601 to 616.
- V ⁇ corresponds to a voltage with which a phase of ⁇ radians (180 degrees) rotates in one waveguide of the related MZ optical modulator.
- the High voltage of the drive unit group 500 is set to V ⁇ / (M ⁇ 1) (V ⁇ / 15 in the example in the figure).
- the threshold voltages VTH [0] to VTH [15] are arranged at equal intervals between ⁇ V ⁇ / 2 to + V ⁇ / 2, 16 gradations whose phase linearly changes with respect to the voltage of the input signal. Phase modulation is possible.
- the threshold voltages VTH [0] to VTH [15] are not arranged at equal intervals, but the control unit 700 outputs the output light of the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator.
- a plurality of threshold voltages are set to different values so as to have a desired intensity.
- the set values of the respective threshold values be non-uniform.
- non-uniform means that they do not increase at equal intervals when they are arranged in ascending order.
- the set values of the threshold values are set so as to increase in a curved manner. This cancels the extinction characteristic of the Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator and the characteristic of the phase modulation amount given by the waveguide, thereby improving the linearity between the amplitude of the input signal and the intensity of the output light.
- intensity modulation can be performed.
- the control unit 700 sets the threshold voltage VTH [0] to VTH [0] so that the relationship between the amplitude of the electrical signal output from the drive unit group 500 and the change in phase applied by the electrode group 400 becomes the arc sine curve characteristic.
- each threshold value is set so that the relationship between the threshold voltage and the amount of change in the threshold voltage is an upward convex function when the setting values of the threshold values are arranged in ascending order.
- the total phase change characteristic has an arc sine curve characteristic of 16 gradations.
- the extinction characteristic when linear phase modulation is applied to each of the two waveguides is the sine curve characteristic.
- the total amount of phase modulation applied by the electrode group 400 on the waveguide 200b side is a characteristic obtained by vertically inverting the characteristic of FIG. 3B, and when the input signal increases from ⁇ V ⁇ / 2 to + V ⁇ / 2.
- the phase modulation amount changes from ⁇ to 0.
- the sine curve characteristic which is the extinction characteristic when combined by the combining unit 300 and the arc sine curve characteristic of the phase modulation amount cancel each other, and the intensity of the output light is as shown in FIG. It becomes a linear characteristic as shown in c).
- the threshold voltage is arbitrarily set as described above, a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator having any extinction characteristic can be realized. As a result, the intensity of the desired output light can be obtained by controlling the amplitude of the input signal, and the quality deterioration of the output light can be reduced.
- the threshold voltages VTH [0] to VTH [15] are shown as VTH [0] ⁇ VTH [1] ⁇ ... ⁇ VTH [15] as an example, but VTH [0] to VTH. There is no restriction on the magnitude relationship of [15], and the order may be different.
- the case where output light of 16 gradations is obtained has been described for the sake of simplification, but the number of electrode divisions can be increased. If the number of gradations is increased, the quantization noise can be reduced and high-precision modulation close to ideal can be performed.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the second embodiment differs from the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator described in the first embodiment in that a threshold voltage table 900 is provided as shown in FIG.
- threshold voltage table 900 threshold voltages set by the control unit 700 in the comparison unit group 600 are stored. Then, the control unit 700 determines a threshold voltage set in the comparison unit group 600 by a control signal input from the threshold voltage table 900.
- the control signal may be an analog signal or a digital signal.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the third embodiment is a modification of the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the second embodiment.
- the control unit 700 includes a DAC (Digital-to-Analog Converter) group.
- DACs 701, 702, ..., 716 correspond to the comparison units 601, 602, ..., 616, respectively.
- a control signal is input from the threshold voltage table 900 to the DACs 701, 702, ..., 716 of the control unit 700, the DACs 701, 702, ..., 716 convert the control signals into digital signals.
- the DACs 701, 702,..., 716 output the converted electrical signals to the comparison unit group 600 as threshold setting voltages, respectively.
- the threshold voltage can be controlled with higher precision.
- Other operations are the same as those in the second embodiment, and are therefore omitted.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the fourth embodiment is a modification of the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the second embodiment.
- the control unit 700 includes a resistance dividing circuit 720 and a switch 730.
- the resistance divider circuit 720 has one end connected to a predetermined voltage source and the other end installed on the ground, for example. A plurality of intermediate taps appear from the middle of each resistor of the resistance voltage dividing circuit 720, and the threshold voltages VTH [0] to VTH [15] are generated by switching them with the switch 730. The switching destination of the switch 730 is selected by a control signal from the threshold voltage table 900.
- a branching unit 1000, a detecting unit 1100, and a determining unit 1200 are further arranged in the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the first embodiment.
- the branching unit 1000 branches a part of the output light from the output light output from the multiplexing unit 300 and outputs the branched output light to the detection unit 1100.
- the detection unit 1100 receives the output light branched by the branch unit 1000 and detects the intensity of the output light. Then, the detection unit 1100 outputs a detection signal corresponding to the light intensity to the determination unit 1200.
- the detection unit 1100 can be realized by photoelectric conversion means such as PD (Photodiode).
- the determining unit 1200 determines the values of the threshold voltages VTH [0] to VTH [15] based on the detection signal so that the intensity of the output light becomes a desired intensity. Next, the determination unit 1200 outputs the determined value to the control unit 700 as a control signal.
- the threshold voltages VTH [0] to VTH [15] can be adjusted while detecting the intensity of the output light. Therefore, the intensity of the output light with respect to the amplitude of the output signal can be adjusted more precisely.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the sixth embodiment further includes summation units 1400a and 1400b in the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the first embodiment, and the electrodes 401, 402, 403, and 404 are arranged. Instead, an electrode 420 is arranged.
- the summation unit 1400a takes the sum of the outputs of the drive units 501, 502, 503, and 504 and outputs the sum.
- the summation unit 1400a since the drive unit group is push-pull driven, the summation unit 1400a calculates the sum of the positive phases of the drive units 501, 502, 503, and 504 and outputs the sum to the electrode 420 disposed in the waveguide 200a.
- the summation unit 1400b takes the sum of the outputs of the drive units 501, 502, 503 and 504 and outputs the sum. In this example, the summation unit 1400b calculates the sum of the opposite phases of the drive units 501, 502, 503, and 504, and outputs the sum to the electrode 420 disposed in the waveguide 200b.
- the electrode 420 has a length obtained by taking the sum of the lengths of the electrodes 401, 402, 403, and 404 in the longitudinal direction. Electrode 420 applies a voltage to waveguides 200a and 200b in accordance with the electrical signals output from summation units 1400a and 1400b, respectively.
- the summing units 1400a and 1400b that take the sum of the outputs of the plurality of driving units, and the waveguide according to the electrical signals of a plurality of gradations (here, four gradations) output from the summing units 1400a and 1400b It has the electrode 420 which applies a voltage to 200a and 200b. Thereby, since a plurality of gradations can be modulated with one electrode, the number of electrodes can be reduced.
- the electrode 420 has been described as having a length obtained by summing the electrodes 401, 402, 403, and 404 with respect to the traveling direction of the light.
- the electrode 420 has a length of 2 or 5 or more electrodes. You may have the length which took the sum about the length of the direction. In that case, it is necessary to change the outputs of the driving units 501, 502,..., 516 that the summation units 1400a and 1400b take the sum according to the length of the electrodes.
- the optical transmission / reception system is an optical transmission / reception system using an optical transmitter having any of the Mach-Zehnder type optical modulators shown in the first to sixth embodiments.
- FIG. 8 shows the configuration of an optical transmission / reception system according to the seventh embodiment.
- the optical transmission / reception system includes an optical transmitter 10000, an optical receiver 20000, an optical fiber 30000 serving as a transmission path, and optical amplifiers 40000a and 40000b.
- the optical transmitter 10000 includes any one of the Mach-Zehnder optical modulators according to the first to sixth embodiments.
- an optical signal for example, quadrature phase shift keying (hereinafter, referred to as QPSK).
- QPSK quadrature phase shift keying
- the optical transmitter 10000 and the optical receiver 20000 are optically connected by an optical fiber 30000, and a QPSK optical signal propagates.
- Optical amplifiers 40000a and 40000b are inserted into the optical fiber 30000, and amplifies the propagating QPSK optical signal.
- the optical receiver 20000 demodulates the QPSK optical signal into an electrical signal.
- the optical transmission / reception system can transmit an optical signal using the optical transmitter 10000 with the above configuration.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the eighth embodiment is obtained by further arranging an amplitude adjustment unit group 800 on the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the sixth embodiment.
- the amplitude adjustment unit group 800 includes amplitude adjustment units 801, 802, 803, and 804 as components.
- the amplitude adjusting units 801, 802, 803, and 804 have a function of receiving the outputs of the driving units 501, 502, 503, and 504 and arbitrarily adjusting the amplitude from the outside. That is, the amplitudes of the drive units 501, 502, 503, and 504 are adjusted by the coefficients K1 to K4, respectively, and the coefficients K1 to K4 are arbitrarily set from the outside.
- Other operations are the same as those in the sixth embodiment, and thus description thereof is omitted.
- the signals whose amplitudes are arbitrarily adjusted by the amplitude adjusting units 801 to 804 are summed by the summing units 1400a and 1400b, they are converted into signals of four gradations having four amplitude levels. Then, the electrode 420 is driven.
- the difference from the sixth embodiment, which is driven by signals of a plurality of gradations is that the output signals of the summation units 1400a and 1400b in the sixth embodiment are signals of a plurality of gradations having equal intervals in amplitude.
- the output of the summation unit in this embodiment is a signal having a plurality of gradations (4 gradations in the embodiment) having non-uniform amplitude differences.
- the advantage of driving the electrode 420 with a non-uniform gradation signal is that the amplitude modulation unit coefficients K1 to K4 are appropriately selected according to the expected amount of phase modulation change, and phase modulation can be performed with high accuracy for the input signal.
- the step width of the gradation can be made nonuniform in each of the region where it is necessary to apply and the region where the phase modulation may be performed roughly.
- FIG. 12 compares the case where phase modulation is performed with uniform gradation and the case where phase modulation is performed with non-uniform gradation.
- FIG. 12A shows the phase modulation (uniform gradation) obtained in the sixth embodiment
- FIG. 12B shows the phase modulation (non-uniform gradation) obtained in the present embodiment. Is.
- phase modulation having similar nonlinear characteristics can be obtained for the input signal.
- the phase change direction is a uniform step.
- the change occurs in a non-uniform step gradation.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to the eighth embodiment can also be arranged in the optical transmitter of the optical transmission / reception system according to the seventh embodiment.
- a 16-gradation Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator has been described, but this is only an example. That is, by increasing the number of electrodes, it is possible to configure an optical modulator that can perform modulation with higher accuracy.
- the electrodes 401, 402, 403, and 404 are collectively configured as a single long electrode 420.
- the present invention is not limited to this. Furthermore, it is good also as a structure which uses many elongate electrodes collectively.
- the summing units 1400a and 1400b and the portions corresponding to the amplitude adjusting units 801 to 804 need to be increased by the number of the long electrodes.
- the intensity of the output light is detected to control the threshold voltage
- the intensity of the output light may be detected by the optical receiver 20000 and information regarding the optical intensity may be fed back from the optical receiver 20000 to the optical transmitter 10000.
- a demultiplexing unit for demultiplexing input light into two, first and second waveguides for guiding each demultiplexed input light, and guiding the first and second waveguides And applying a voltage for modulating one or both of the input lights that are guided through the first and second waveguides.
- a plurality of electrodes are provided along the first and second waveguides, connected to each of the electrodes, and connected according to the magnitude of the threshold value set to a different value and the input signal voltage.
- a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator comprising: a plurality of drive units that apply a predetermined voltage to the electrode.
- the threshold values set to different values are based on the relationship between the amplitude of the input signal and the phase imparted to each input light guided through the first and second waveguides.
- the determination part which determines the said some threshold voltage based on the branch part which branches the said output light, the detection part which detects one intensity
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to any one of supplementary notes 1 to 3, further comprising: a control unit configured to control the plurality of threshold voltages based on determination by the determination unit.
- the Mach-Zehnder light according to supplementary note 5, further comprising a storage unit that stores the plurality of threshold voltages, wherein the control unit controls the plurality of threshold voltages based on information stored in the storage unit. Modulator.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator according to any one of appendices 1 to 3, wherein the signal amplitude is between the summation unit and the plurality of drive units connected to the preceding stage.
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes: a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes the input light into two; first and second waveguides that guide each demultiplexed input light; , Combining the respective input lights guided through the first and second waveguides and outputting them.
- an electrode for applying a voltage for modulating one or both of the input lights guided through the first and second waveguides, the first and second waveguides A control method for a Mach-Zehnder type optical modulator, in which a predetermined voltage is applied to each of the electrodes according to the magnitude of the threshold value and the input signal voltage set to different values.
- the thresholds set to different values are based on the relationship between the amplitude of the input signal and the phase imparted to each input light guided through the first and second waveguides. 11.
- An optical transmitter that outputs an optical signal modulated by a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator, a transmission path through which the optical signal propagates, an optical receiver that receives the optical signal via the transmission path
- the Mach-Zehnder optical modulator includes: a demultiplexing unit that demultiplexes the input light into two; first and second waveguides that guide the demultiplexed input light; and the first and second waveguides And a multiplexing unit that multiplexes and outputs each input light guided through the second waveguide, and modulates one or both of the input lights that are guided through the first and second waveguides.
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(付記8)前記和算部と、その前段に繋がる前記複数の駆動部との間に、信号振幅を調整する振幅調整部を有し、それぞれ任意に振幅調整を施して和算部へと信号を伝達することを特徴とする付記7に記載のマッハツェンダ光変調器
(付記9)マッハツェンダ型光変調器を制御する方法であって、前記マッハツェンダ型光変調器は、入力光を2つに分波する分波部と、分波された各入力光を導波する第1および第2の導波路と、前記第1および第2の導波路を導波した各入力光を合波して出力する合波部と、を有し、前記第1および第2の導波路を導波する各入力光の一方または双方を変調するための電圧を印加するための電極を、前記第1および第2の導波路に沿って複数備え、夫々異なる値に設定された閾値と入力信号電圧との大小に応じて、前記電極夫々に所定の電圧を印加するマッハツェンダ型光変調器の制御方法。
200a、200b 導波路
300 合波部
400 電極群
401、402、・・・、416、1300a、1300b、420 電極
500 駆動部群
501、502、・・・、516、800 駆動部
600 比較部群
601、602、・・・、616 比較部
700 制御部
701、702、・・・、716 DAC
720 抵抗分割回路
730 スイッチ
800 振幅調整部群
801、802、803、804 振幅調整部
900 閾値電圧テーブル
1000 分岐部
1100 検出部
1200 決定部
1400a、1400b 和算部
10000 送信器
20000 受信器
30000 光ファイバ
40000a、40000b 増幅部
Claims (10)
- 入力光を2つに分波する分波部と、
分波された各入力光が導波される第1の導波路および第2の導波路と、
前記第1の導波路および第2の導波路から導波された各入力光を合波して出力する合波部と、
前記第1の導波路および第2の導波路に対称に並列配置されることによって対を成す、複数の電極と、
電極対ごとに設定された閾値電圧と入力信号の電圧との大小に応じて、対応する前記電極対を差動駆動する駆動部と、
を備え、
前記複数の電極は、差動駆動されることによって、配置された導波路に前記入力光を変調するための電圧を印加することを特徴とするマッハツェンダ型光変調器。 - 前記電極対ごとに設定された閾値電圧は、前記出力光の消光特性の非線形性を補償する値に設計されている、請求項1に記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器。
- 前記電極対ごとに設定された閾値電圧は、前記入力信号の振幅と、前記第1および第2の導波路を導波する各入力光に付与される位相と、の関係がアークサインカーブとなるように設計されている、請求項2に記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器。
- 予め電極対ごとに設定された閾値電圧が登録された閾値電圧テーブルをさらに備え、
前記駆動部は、閾値電圧テーブルから前記閾値電圧を抽出する、請求項1~3のいずれか1つに記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器。 - 前記出力光の強度を検出する検出部と、
前記検出した強度に基づいて前記閾値電圧を決定し、決定した閾値電圧を前記駆動部へ出力する制御部と、
をさらに備える請求項1~3のいずれか1つに記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器。 - 前記制御部は、DAC(Digital-to-Analog Converter)を備え、デジタル信号の閾値電圧を対応する前記駆動部へ出力する、請求項5に記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器。
- 対称に配置された2つの電極とそれぞれ対応し、2以上の駆動部からの出力を和算して対応する電極にそれぞれ出力する、2つの和算部をさらに備える、請求項1~3のいずれか1つに記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器。
- 前記和算部と前記2以上の駆動部との間に配置され、前記2以上の駆動部から出力された信号の振幅をそれぞれ任意に調整して前記和算部へ出力する振幅調整部をさらに備える、請求項7に記載のマッハツェンダ光変調器。
- マッハツェンダ型光変調器を制御する方法であって、
前記マッハツェンダ型光変調器は、
入力光を2つに分波する分波部と、
分波された各入力光が導波される第1の導波路および第2の導波路と、
前記第1の導波路および第2の導波路から導波された各入力光を合波して出力する合波部と、
前記第1の導波路および第2の導波路に対称に並列配置されることによって対を成す、複数の電極と、を有し、
電極対ごとに設定された閾値電圧と入力信号の電圧との大小に応じて、対応する前記電極対を差動駆動し、
前記電極対を差動駆動することによって、配置された導波路に前記入力光を変調するための電圧を印加する、
マッハツェンダ型光変調器の制御方法。 - 請求項1~8のいずれか1つに記載のマッハツェンダ型光変調器を備え、該マッハツェンダ型光変調器で変調された光信号を出力する光送信器と、
前記光信号が伝搬する伝送路と、
前記伝送路を介して前記光信号を受信する光受信器と、
を有する光送受信システム。
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