Optical transmitting device, optical transmission system, optical transmitting method and optical transmission method

• US 7,865,085 B2
• Filed: 11/10/2005
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Inventors: Kikushima, Koji, Ikeda, Satoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Vanderpuye; Ken N
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGO, TANYA T
• Application Number:
  US10/590,055
• Publication Number:
  US 20070206956A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,881 Days
• Field of Search: 398/192, 398/194
• US Class Current: 398/183
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25751 Optical arrangements for CATV or video distribution adaptations of television systems for optical transmission H04N7/22
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/50593 to control the modulating signal amplitude including amplitude distortion
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/588 in external modulation systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/69 Optical systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 1/12 Arrangements for reducing cross-talk between channels in line transmission systems H04B3/32; in cables or lines H04B3/26 - H04B3/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0298 with sub-carrier multiplexing [SCM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/20 Adaptations for transmission via a GHz frequency band, e.g. via satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/22 Adaptations for optical transmission

Abstract

In an optical transmission system by frequency-division multiplexing, the interference due to distortions of a first signal against a second signal can be reduced. In the optical transmission system where a modulated optical signal by the first signal is further modulated with the second signal for transmission, distortions of the first signal corresponding to a frequency band of the second signal is extracted. The extracted signal is phase-inverted and then adjusted in phase and amplitude with respect to the distortions of the first signal to obtain a correction signal. By intensity-modulating the first signal containing the distortions by the correction signal, the distortions of the first signal against the second signal can be cancelled out. Alternatively, by intensity-modulating the first signal containing the distortions by a combined signal of the correction signal and the second signal, the distortions of the first signal against the second signal can be cancelled out.

Claims

1. An optical transmitting device of modulating an optical signal by a first signal and then by a second signal for transmission, the device comprises:

an optical splitting means for splitting the optical signal modulated by the first signal into split optical signals, the optical signal modulated by the first signal including one or more harmonic distortions of the first signal;

a cancellation signal generating means for generating a cancellation signal from one of the split optical signals, the cancellation signal including a frequency spectrum at least partially overlapped with a frequency spectrum of the second signal;

a combining means for combining the second signal with the cancellation signal; and

a modulating means for modulating the other of the split optical signals with the combined signal.

2. The optical transmitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the cancellation signal generating means comprises:

a photoelectric converting means for converting the one of the split optical signals to an electrical signal;

a filter means for extracting an electrical signal including the frequency spectrum at least partially overlapped with the frequency spectrum of the second signal from the converted electrical signal; and

a phase adjustment means for adjusting a phase of the extracted electrical signal.

3. The optical transmitting device as set forth in claim 1, wherein the first signal is an FM batch converted signal.

4. The optical transmitting device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the second signal is a satellite broadcasting RF signal.

5. An optical transmission system comprising the optical transmitting device as set forth in claim 4 and an optical receiving device for receiving an optical signal transmitted via an optical path from the optical transmitting device, wherein the optical receiving device comprises:

an optical splitting means for splitting the received optical signal to an optical signal containing the FM batch converted signal and an optical signal containing the satellite broadcasting RF signal;

a first photoelectric conversion means for converting the optical signal containing the FM batch conversion signal split by the optical splitting means to an electrical signal;

a demodulation means for FM demodulating the electrical signal converted by the first photoelectric conversion means;

a second photoelectric conversion means for converting the optical signal containing the satellite broadcasting RF signal split by the optical splitting means to an electrical signal; and

a downconverting means for down-converting the electrical signal converted by the second photoelectric conversion means.

6. An optical transmission system comprising the optical transmitting device as set forth in claim 4 and an optical receiving device for receiving an optical signal transmitted via an optical path from the optical transmitting device, wherein the optical receiving device comprises:

a photoelectric conversion means for converting the received optical signal to an electrical signal;

a filter means for separating the electrical signal converted by the photoelectric conversion means to the FM batch converted signal and the satellite broadcasting RF signal;

a demodulation means for FM demodulating the FM batch converted signal separated by the filter means; and

a downconverting means for down-converting the satellite broadcasting RF signal separated by the filter means.

13. The optical transmitting device according to claim 2, wherein the second signal is a satellite broadcasting RF signal.

7. An optical transmitting method for modulating an optical signal by a first signal and then by a second signal for transmission, the method comprises:

splitting the optical signal modulated by the first signal into split optical signals, the optical signal modulated by the first signal including one or more harmonic distortions of the first signal;

generating a cancellation signal from one of the split optical signals, the cancellation signal including a frequency spectrum at least partially overlapped with a frequency spectrum of the second signal;

combining the second signal with the cancellation signal; and

modulating the other of the split optical signals with the combined signal.

8. The optical transmitting method as set forth in claim 7, wherein the generating step comprises:

converting the one of the split optical signals to an electrical signal;

extracting an electrical signal including the frequency spectrum at least partially overlapped with a frequency spectrum of the second signal from the converted electrical signal; and

adjusting a phase of the extracted electrical signal.

9. The optical transmitting method as set forth in claim 7, wherein the first signal is an FM batch converted signal.

10. The optical transmitting method as set forth in claim 9, wherein the second signal is a satellite broadcasting RF signal.

11. An optical transmission method comprising steps of:

transmitting the optical signal modulated by the FM batch converted signal and the satellite broadcasting RF signal in accordance with the optical transmitting method as set forth in claim 10;

receiving and splitting the transmitted optical signal into an optical signal containing the FM batch converted signal and an optical signal containing the satellite broadcasting RF signal;

converting the split optical signal containing the FM batch converted signal to an electrical signal for demodulation; and

converting the split optical signal containing the satellite broadcasting RF signal to an electrical signal for downconversion.

12. An optical transmission method, comprising steps of:

transmitting the optical signal modulated by the FM batch converted signal and the satellite broadcasting RF signal in accordance with the optical transmitting method as set forth in claim 10;

receiving and converting the transmitted optical signal to an electrical signal;

separating the converted electrical signal to a signal containing the FM batch converted signal and a signal containing the satellite broadcasting RF signal;

demodulating the separated signal containing FM batch converted signal; and

downconverting the separated signal containing the satellite broadcasting RF signal.