Optical transmission method, optical transmitter, optical receiver, and optical transmission system

• US 6,865,348 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2001
• Issued: 03/08/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Inventors: Sato, Kenji, Miyamoto, Yutaka, Yonenaga, Kazushige, Hirano, Akira, Matsuura, Akihiko, Toba, Hiromu
• Primary Examiner(s): Pascal, Leslie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau M.
• Application Number:
  US09/793,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20010017724A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,469 Days
• Field of Search: 398/183, 398185-189, 398/182, 398/201, 398/128, 398/140
• US Class Current: 398/183
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/505 using external modulation
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/5051 using a series, i.e. cascade, combination of modulators
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/5055 using a pre-coder
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/508 Pulse generation, e.g. generation of solitons

Abstract

A system which improves wavelength tolerance, compensates dispersion in a simple way, reduces limitation of the fiber input power is disclosed. The operation includes receiving a clock signal from a system clock source; modulating a single mode optical signal based on the clock signal and generating an optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes, the frequency interval thereof being n×B, n being a natural number and B being a transmission speed; generating a partial response signal by converting a binary NRZ signal from a digital signal source in synchronism with the system clock source; and modulating the optical pulse signal based on the partial response signal, and outputting a binary RZ modulated signal. The binary RZ modulated signal is input into a receiver, where two partial response components in the optical spectra of the input signal are divided, and one or both of the components are received.

Claims

1. An optical transmission method for modulating an optical signal having longitudinal modes based on a partial response encoded signal and outputting the modulated signal, comprising the steps of:

receiving a clock signal from a system clock source;

modulating a single mode optical signal based on the clock signal and generating an optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes, the frequency interval between the two modes being n×

B, where n is a natural number and B is a transmission speed;

generating a partial response encoded signal by converting a binary NRZ encoded signal output from a digital signal source in synchronism with the system clock source; and

modulating the optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes based on the partial response encoded signal, and outputting a binary RZ modulated signal obtained by the modulation.

2. An optical transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the binary RZ modulated signal is output after higher harmonic components thereof are removed.

3. An optical transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a duobinary encoded signal is used as the partial response encoded signal.

4. An optical transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a modified duobinary encoded signal is used as the partial response, encoded signal.

5. An optical transmitter comprising:

a system clock source for generating a clock signal;

a binary NRZ digital signal source for generating a binary NRZ digital signal in synchronism with the clock signal;

an electric partial response encoding section for receiving the binary NRZ digital signal and generating an electric partial response encoded signal;

a dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section for generating an optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes, the frequency interval between the two modes being n×

B, where n is a natural number, B is a transmission speed, and the generated optical pulse signal is in synchronism with the binary NRZ digital signal;

a pulse light source driving section for generating a signal for driving the dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section, by using a clock signal in synchronism with the clock signal generated by the system clock source; and

an optical modulating section for modulating the optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes based on the electric partial response encoded signal, and outputting a binary RZ modulated signal obtained by the modulation.

6. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section includes a Mach-Zehnder optical intensity modulator.

7. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section includes a dual-mode oscillation mode-locked laser.

8. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 6, wherein the Mach-Zehnder optical intensity modulator is a push-pull type, and is driven by a clock signal which has a frequency of n×

B/2 and has an amplitude equal to the half-wave voltage of the Mach-Zehnder optical intensity modulator.

9. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section has an optical filter for removing higher harmonic components included in the optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes.

10. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 9, wherein an arrayed-waveguide grating filter is used as the optical filter for wavelength-division multiplexing the generated signal.

11. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, further comprising an optical filtering section for removing higher harmonic components included in the optical signal modulated by the optical modulating section.

12. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the electric partial response encoded signal is a duobinary encoded signal.

13. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, wherein the binary RZ modulated signal is a carrier-suppressed RZ optical duobinary encoded signal.

14. An optical receiver comprising:

a band dividing section for receiving a binary RZ modulated signal transmitted from an optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, and dividing two partial response components included in the optical spectra of the received binary RZ modulated signal, and outputting one or both of the divided partial response components; and

an optical receiving section for receiving one or both of the divided partial response components output from the band dividing section.

15. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the two partial response components are optical duobinary components.

16. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the optical receiving section includes:

a photoelectric conversion section for converting the two partial response components into electric signals; and

an adder for adding the electric signals so as to regenerate an original signal in the transmission.

17. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the optical receiving section includes:

a photoelectric conversion section for converting the two partial response components into electric signals; and

a subtracter for performing subtraction on the electric signals so as to regenerate an original signal in the transmission.

18. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the optical receiving section individually receives the two partial response components, and one of the components is for backup use.

19. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the optical receiving section monitors one of the optical intensities of the two partial response components, and controls the band dividing section so as to satisfy the condition that the monitored optical power is a maximum.

20. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the optical receiving section monitors both of the optical intensities of the two partial response components, and controls the band dividing section so as to satisfy the conditions that the sum of the two monitored optical powers is a maximum while the difference of the two monitored optical powers is a minimum.

21. An optical receiver as claimed in claim 14, wherein the band dividing section outputs only one of the two partial response components, and has crosstalk characteristics in which a suppression ratio of the output component to the non-output component is 20 dB or more.

22. An optical transmission system in which an optical transmitter and an optical receiver are connected via an optical transmission medium, comprising:

an optical transmitter comprising;

a system clock source for generating a clock signal;

a binary NRZ digital signal source for generating a binary NRZ digital signal in synchronism with the clock signal;

an electric partial response encoding section for receiving the binary NRZ digital signal and generating an electric partial response encoded signal;

a dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section for generating an optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes, the frequency interval between the two modes being n×

B, where n is a natural number, B is a transmission speed, and the generated optical pulse signal is in synchronism with the binary NRZ digital signal;

a pulse light source driving section for generating a signal for driving the dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section, by using a clock signal in synchronism with the clock signal generated by the system clock source; and

an optical modulating section for modulating the optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes based on the electric partial response encoded signal, and outputting a binary RZ modulated signal obtained by the modulation; and

an optical receiver comprising;

a band dividing section for receiving a binary RZ modulated signal transmitted from an optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, and dividing two partial response components included in the optical spectra of the received binary RZ modulated signal, and outputting one or both of the divided partial response components; and

an optical receiving section for receiving one or both of the divided partial response components output from the band dividing section.

23. An optical transmission system comprising:

a plurality of optical transmitters for generating binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths;

an optical wavelength-division multiplexing section for wavelength-division multiplexing the binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths, and outputting the wavelength-division-multiplexed binary RZ modulated signal;

an optical transmission medium for transmitting the wavelength-division-multiplexed binary RZ modulated signal;

an optical wavelength-division demultiplexing section for receiving the wavelength-division-multiplexed binary RZ modulated signal transmitted via the optical transmission medium, and wavelength-division demultiplexing the received signal into binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths; and

a plurality of optical receivers, for respectively receiving the binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths, wherein;

at least one of the optical transmitters comprises;

a system clock source for generating a clock signal;

a binary NRZ digital signal source for generating a binary NRZ digital signal in synchronism with the clock signal;

an electric partial response encoding section for receiving the binary NRZ digital signal and generating an electric partial response encoded signal;

a dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section for generating an optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes, the frequency interval between the two modes being n×

B, where n is a natural number, B is a transmission speed, and the generated optical pulse signal is in synchronism with the binary NRZ digital signal;

a pulse light source driving section for generating a signal for driving the dual-mode beat optical pulse generating section, by using a clock signal in synchronism with the clock signal generated by the system clock source; and

an optical modulating section for modulating the optical pulse signal having two longitudinal modes based on the electric partial response encoded signal, and outputting a binary RZ modulated signal obtained by the modulation; and

wherein

at least one of the optical receivers comprises;

a band dividing section for receiving a binary RZ modulated signal transmitted from an optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, and dividing two partial response components included in the optical spectra of the received binary RZ modulated signal, and outputting one or both of the divided partial response components; and

an optical receiving section for receiving one or both of the divided partial response components output from the band dividing section.

24. An optical transmission system as claimed in claim 23, wherein the optical wavelength-division multiplexing section has an optical filter for removing higher harmonic components included in the binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths.

25. An optical transmitter comprising:

a plurality of optical transmitters as claimed in claim 5, for generating binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths; and

an optical wavelength-division multiplexing section for wavelength-division multiplexing the binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths, and outputting the wavelength-division-multiplexed binary RZ modulated signal.

26. An optical transmitter as claimed in claim 25, wherein the optical wavelength-division multiplexing section has an optical filter for removing higher harmonic components included in the binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths.

27. An optical receiver comprising:

an optical wavelength-division demultiplexing section for receiving a wavelength-division-multiplexed binary RZ modulated signal output from an optical transmitter as claimed in claim 25, and wavelength-division demultiplexing the received signal into binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths; and

a plurality of optical receivers for respectively receiving the binary RZ modulated signals having different wavelengths, and wherein;

the optical receiver comprises;

a band dividing section for receiving a binary RZ modulated signal transmitted from an optical transmitter as claimed in claim 5, and dividing two partial response components included in the optical spectra of the received binary RZ modulated signal, and outputting one or both of the divided partial response components; and

an optical receiving section for receiving one or both of the divided partial response components output from the band dividing section.