Coherent optical tapping using semiconductor optical amplifier

Semiconductor optical amplifiers are attractive not only as optical repeaters but also as functional devices, since carrier density modulation in amplifiers causes a nonlinear phenomenon. Utilizing the effect of the carrier density modulation on the semiconductor optical amplifier junction voltage, a coherent optical tapping is proposed for signal monitoring or control signal extraction. A 155 Mb/s FSK (frequency shift keying) signal tapping was realized with a simple configuration using heterodyne single-filter detection with -24.4 dBm sensitivity. Many applications for this coherent optical tapping are discussed, and basic characteristics for frequency-selective tapping from FDM (frequency division multiplexing) signals and optical amplifier gain control are examined     

Low-cost adaptive directly modulated optical OFDM based on semiconductor optical amplifier

Low cost optical OFDM has great potential for next generation optical access networks and PONs, due to its high flexibility in bandwidth manipulation, and high spectral efficiency. Here, a low cost optical OFDM is proposed, based on adaptive direct modulation semiconductor optical amplifier. Adaptive current loading techniques for PAPR (peak to average power ratio) reduction are proposed and analyzed. Simulations show that the proposed adaptive techniques enable significant BER improvement.     

Cyclic optical encoders/decoders for compact optical CDMA networks

For compact optical code-division multiple access (CDMA) networks, a novel cyclic optical encoder/decoder based on an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) router is proposed. The proposed encoder/decoder treats multiple codewords of the two-dimensional Reed-Solomon code simultaneously using the cyclic property of the AWG router and the code, and multiple subscribers can share the encoder/decoder in networks. With the proposed encoder/decoder, optical CDMA networks become compact and cheap, since the number of encoders/decoders required in the network is reduced. The feasibility of the proposed encoder/decoder is demonstrated experimentally     

40-Gb/s optical 3R regenerator using electroabsorption modulatorsfor optical networks

A 40-Gb/s optical retiming, reshaping, and retransmitting (3R) regenerator was proposed and demonstrated using wavelength converters based on electroabsorption (EA) modulators for effectively implementing 40-Gb/s-based or higher bit rate wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. The proposed optical 3R regenerator is configured in a very simple architecture, consisting of two wavelength converters, a clock recovery section, and an optical clock generator section. Furthermore, the stable and polarization-insensitive operation, as well as simple adjustment of an optimal operation condition of our proposed optical 3R regenerator, were confirmed by conducting transmission experiments. To investigate the applicability of optical 3R regenerators to optical networks, it was evaluated by insertion between two 500-km-long segments of transmission line. A Q-factor improvement of about 1.5 dB was obtained after transmission over 1000 km, compared to evaluation without the regenerator. This type of optical 3R regenerator proves extremely useful in future high-speed and scaleable all-optical networks     

空间激光通信系统离轴天线设计研究

空间激光通信终端通常依靠光学天线提高整个通信系统的发射及接收效率。提出了一种空间激光通信系统的离轴天线系统,以克服传统卡塞格林两镜系统存在接收视场小、发射效率低等缺点。设计了一个通光孔径为150 mm,放大倍率为15,满足0.85、1.064、1.55 m多个通信波段光学天线系统。计算了初始结构参数,利用光学设计软件ZEMAX-EE对该光学天线系统进行了光线追迹和优化设计,并对设计结果进行分析。分析结果表明:在整个工作波段(0.85、1.064、1.55 m)内,点列图半径几何值小于10 rad,实现了高放大倍率、宽波段像散同时校正,在宽波段内均达到衍射极限,满足设计指标要求,能够满足高性能空间激光通信系统的要求。     

A self-seeded reflective SOA-based optical network unit for optical beat interference robust WDM/SCM-PON link

We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel optical source configuration that uses a self-seeded reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) as an optical network unit (ONU) in a wavelength division multiplexed/subcarrier multiplexing (SCM)-passive optical network (PON). A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) was used to obtain a single longitudinal mode of the RSOA. The proposed ONU configuration is simple, cost-effective, and effective regardless of wavelength allocation. Additionally, it would be robust for optical beat interference (OBI) noise. As the ONU is composed only of an RSOA and FBG, the self-seeded RSOA, due to the strong self-injection caused by the reflection of the FBG, has a broad optical spectrum. A self-homodyne apparatus method was performed in order to demonstrate the robustness of the self-seeded RSOA in OBI. To confirm the validity of the proposed scheme, a 16-quadrature amplitude modulation transmission experiment was performed in a 10-, 20-km optical access link with an SCM frequency of 1 GHz. An error vector magnitude of less than 4% for 2 Msps was successfully obtained through the transmission experiment.     

一种新有用于光码分多址的光相关器

本文提出了一种新的用于光码分多址系统的光相关器,并对光同步和异步系统给出了误比特率公式。数值仿真结果表明,无论是异步还是同步系统,这种光相关器的误比特率性能都优于传统光相关器的性能。     

Photonic access node using optical code-based label processing andits applications to optical data networking

An ultrahigh-speed photonic access node using optical code-based photonic add-drop multiplexing (PADM) and its novel applications to optical data networking are proposed. PADM processes a photonic label of packet, which is mapped onto an optical code, and adds-drops the packet from or to the node, or bypasses the node. PADM is distinct from conventional wavelength ADM (WADM) in that it can handle traffic on a packet-by-packet basis. In the application of PADM to optical data networking, pseudo-time division multiple access (TDMA) and rate-controlled asynchronous access are proposed. The analyses and their numerical simulations of the performances are presented. The simulation results demonstrate low packet-loss probability. Their optical implementations are also demonstrated, in which exploit parallel photonic label processing shows the applicability of proposed optical data networking in an ultrahigh-speed regime     

Novel combinatorial constructions of optical orthogonal codes for incoherent optical CDMA systems

Three novel classes of optical orthogonal codes (OOCs) based on combinatorial designs are proposed. They are applicable to both synchronous and asynchronous incoherent optical code-division multiple access (OCDMA) and compatible with spectral-amplitude-coding (SAC), fast frequency hopping, and time-spreading schemes. Simplicity of construction, larger codeword families, and larger flexibility in cross-correlation control make the proposed OOC families interesting candidates for future OCDMA applications. A novel balanced SAC receiver for multiuser interference cancellation that can handle unequal in-phase cross correlation of OOC is also proposed. The upper bound on the bit-error rate as a function of the number of users in SAC schemes is given for all proposed OOC classes.     

An optical router with multistage management functions for asynchronous optical packet switching network

An optical router with multistage distributed management features for the asynchronous optical packet switching (OPS) network is presented, which can improve switching capacity and all-optical scalability. A compact recycling-fiber-delay-line (Rec-FDL) based collision resolution mechanism is proposed to resolve the contentions for asynchronous and variable length optical packets. The analysis models of stabilities, packet loss rates (PLR) and average packet waiting latencies (PWL) for the router are developed based on the timer based optical packet assembly algorithm. The simulation shows that PLR and PWL for a 400-byte optical packet transmitted in the 32 wavelengths dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system equal to 3.48 × 10⁻⁴ and 0.072 ns, respectively. The non-blocking switching can be realized for the packets with lengths less than the buffer granularity of the Rec-FDL, and the optimized performance for the proposed router can be obtained through properly selecting of the system parameters.     

DWDM optical millimeter-wave generation for radio-over-fiber using an optical phase modulator and an optical interleaver

We have proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel scheme to generate a dense wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) optical millimeter-wave source by using an optical phase modulator and an optical interleaver. The stability of the DWDM optical millimeter wave generation is largely improved because we use an optical phase modulator without a dc-bias controller and an optical interleaver is subsequently employed to suppress the optical carrier of the DWDM source, which is not as temperature sensitive as a fiber Bragg grating. Moreover, the limitation of chromatic dispersion is greatly reduced due to avoiding the generation of higher order sidebands via driving the phase modulator with optimized RF signal.     

Light-Frames-pragmatic framework for optical packet transport: extending ethernet LANs to optical networks

In this paper, a network architecture for the realization of a pragmatic framework for optical packet transport called the light-frame (LF) framework is proposed. The architecture enables the transport of packets over optical media. While doing so, it relaxes the need for address recognition as well as high-speed switching, which are the two key hindering factors that have prevented contemporary optical packet transport solutions from being deployed. Using this framework, a tradeoff was achieved between cost (maturity in deployment) and performance (network efficiency). The idea is to create a logical topology that enables N/sup 2/ connectivity, yielding sublambda granularity, and thereby facilitating packet transport. Methods for topology discovery and conflict resolution are proposed. This paper also discusses stochastic as well as optimization analysis of the framework. The fiber resource requirements of this network solution are compared to a leading access networking solution-passive optical networks (PONs)-and cost benefits are shown. The LF concept due to its finely granular application, despite a present technological bottleneck, presents a good implementation case that allows it to be pushed for next-generation optical packet transport, especially in the access area.     

Direct-detection optical CDMA receiver with interference estimation and double optical hardlimiters

This paper proposes a new channel interference cancellation technique using interference estimation and double optical hardlimiters (DHLs) for direct-detection optical code-division multiple-access systems. In the proposed system, when the output of the DHL is "0", the proposed system outputs "0". When the output of the DHL is "1", the proposed system reconstructs the interference and estimates whether the output "1" is owing to the interference or the transmitted signal. It is shown that the proposed system is effective to reduce the effects of the channel interference. Moreover, it is shown that the proposed system can improve the error floor of the systems with DHL.     

Differentiated-resilience provisioning for the wavelength-routed optical network

This paper evaluates the performance of a new scheme for the differentiated-resilience provisioning of lightpaths in a wavelength-routed optical network. A novel differentiated-resilience optical-services model (DROSM) is proposed to enhance the performance of the optical network. First, an analysis of optical-resilience options is presented. Then, a classification of optical services according to their resilience requirement is proposed with respective resilience options. In particular, a novel link-management mechanism is proposed to assist the routing and wavelength allocation. Our numerical results show that differentiated-resilience provisioning has significant merit over that of single resilience provisioning in the optical network.     

A simple bidirectional hybrid optical link for alternatively providing wired and wireless accesses based on an optical phase modulator

A simple bidirectional hybrid optical link based on an optical phase modulator (OPM) is proposed to alternatively provide wired and wireless accesses. At the optical line terminal, only an OPM along with an optical band-pass filter is employed to generate the data-bearing four-tone downlink optical signal. At the hybrid optical network unit (HONU), both the downlink wired and wireless access electrical signals are simply generated based on the direct detection. Meanwhile, since the optical carrier for the uplink can be abstracted from the downlink, the HONU is free from the light source. To demonstrate the feasibility of our proposed scheme, a proof-of-concept bidirectional hybrid optical access link based on the OptiSystem platform is built. The simulation results indicate that after 30-km-long standard single-mode fiber transmission, the proposed bidirectional hybrid optical link still maintains good performance.     

Suppression of optical beat interference-noise in orthogonal frequency division multiple access-passive optical network link using self-homodyne balanced detection

A new technique, which reduces optical beat interference (OBI) noise in orthogonal frequency division multiple access-passive optical network (OFDMA-PON) links, is proposed. A self-homodyne balanced detection, which uses a single laser for the optical line terminal (OLT) as well as for the optical network unit (ONU), reduces OBI noise and also improves the signal to noise ratio (SNR) of the discrete multi-tone (DMT) signal. The proposed scheme is verified by transmitting quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK)-modulated DMT signal over a 20-km single mode fiber. The optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR), that is required for BER of 10⁻⁵, is reduced by 2 dB in the balanced detection compared with a single channel due to the cancellation of OBI noise in conjunction with the local laser.     

基于光移相器的全光正交频分复用技术研究

为了克服光正交频分复用系统中傅里叶变换和数模转换实现的＂电子瓶颈＂,达到提高系统传输速率的目的,采用光延迟器和光移相器构建全光离散傅里叶逆变换（IDFT）和离散傅里叶变换（DFT）的方法,设计一个3路全光IDFT/DFT模块,利用Optisystem软件平台仿真实现一个3×40Gb/s的全光正交频分复用实验系统,并分析系统性能,获得发射光脉冲宽度与系统传输误码率的关系,得到了光脉宽越大误码率越大的结论。     

High-isolation polarization-insensitive optical circulator foradvanced optical communication systems

An optical circulator configuration that does not use polarization beam-splitters (PBSs) is described. Birefringent crystals (BCs) are used instead of PBSs to achieve a high-isolation polarization-insensitive optical circulator. The use of BCs simplifies fabrication. A conceptual configuration and two concrete structures are proposed. The prototype optical circulator was tested and exhibited over 60 dB of isolation in the wavelength range of 70 nm around 1550 nm. The insertion loss is under 1.5 dB and fluctuates only 0.2 dB with changes in the polarization state     

Wavelength selective optical logic and interconnects

A wavelength selective optical logic (WSOL) element that uses monolithically integrated wavelength selective optical input and output elements is described. Input optical signals are detected by photothyristors situated in an optical cavity which provides a highly selective response of a wavelength determined by the fabrication process. Output signals are generated by vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, whose lasing wavelengths can also be specified during the fabrication process. A vertical integration of these input and output elements that is suitable for wavelength selective optical logic and wavelength selective optical interconnect applications is proposed. The proposed circuitry is easily cascadable so that arbitrarily complex optical logic functions can be performed by WSOL devices in series. Several of the possible logic functions are described, including OR and AND gates, an adder, and a flip-flop     

Digitizing radio-over-fiber transceiver based on optical tunable encoder and optical codewords

Radio over fiber (RoF) is a very attractive and promising technology for wireless access networks, because of several advantages such as providing huge bandwidth, inherent immunity to electromagnetic interference and reduced power consumption. The analog RoF networks cannot be used for the transmission of radio signals over long lengths of fiber due to the distortions induced by dispersion and nonlinearity of the optical link. The digitized RoF communication presents an interesting alternative to circumvent the limitations of ARoF networks. In this paper, we propose an all-optical DRoF (Digital RoF) scheme based on the optical encoding technique and optical codewords instead of modulation techniques. The proposed scheme is composed of an all-optical sampler, an all-optical thresholder and an all-optical encoder. The proposed all-optical DRoF design is simulated by implementing its three main components using the simulation platform, Optisystem. We have also studied the capacity of the proposed encoding architecture in terms of the maximum number of chips that can be supported. Furthermore, ARoF, DRoF and the proposed all-optical DRoF systems are compared based on the minimum bit error rate, the maximum quality factor, and the complexity and implementation cost.