Optical transmission circuit

Abstract

The optical transmission circuit of the present invention has an optical modulator 12 which modulates continuous light at wavelength λo with a signal at repetition frequency fo Hz and outputs alternating phase-inverted pulse light; a bias voltage applying unit 14 which applies a bias voltage to the optical modulator 12; an optical power spectrum measuring unit 17 having frequency resolution of less than fo Hz which measures the optical power spectrum of light output from the optical modulator 12; and a control circuit which controls the bias voltage via the bias voltage applying unit 14 based on measurements of the power spectrum of the output light of the optical modulator 12, so as to minimize the power intensity of the carrier spectrum component of wavelength λo, or to maximize the power intensity of the spectrum component in both side bands.

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