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US 9,319,142 B2Granted
Full-duplex optical transceiver applicable to digital coherent system
AssigneeSumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
InventorsTakatoshi Kato, Kazuhiro Yamaji, Hiromi Kurashima
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Abstract
An optical transceiver applicable to the coherent communication is disclosed. The optical transceiver includes a laser module, a transmitter module to output a transmitting signal by modulating a phase of an laser beam output from the laser module, and a receiver module to receive a receiving signal modulated in the phase thereof and extract data by multiplying the receiving signal with an laser beam output from the laser module.
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An optical transceiver with a function of a full-duplex optical communication for a pair of optical fibers, comprising:
- a laser module having a laser housing that encloses a wavelength tunable laser diode (LD) including a pair of facets;
- a transmitter module having a transmitter housing that encloses an optical transmitter, the optical transmitter transmitting an outgoing optical signal to the one of the optical fibers by modulating a phase of a laser beam output from one of the facets of the wavelength tunable LD, and
- a receiver module having a receiver housing that encloses an optical receiver, the optical receiver receiving an incoming optical signal from another of the optical fibers, the incoming optical signal being modulated in a phase thereof, the optical receiver extracting data contained in the incoming optical signal by multiplexing the incoming optical signal with another laser beam output from another of the facets of the wavelength tunable LD;
- a first inner fiber and a second inner fiber, the first fiber coupling the laser module with the transmitter module, the second inner fiber coupling the laser module with the receiver module,
- wherein the first inner fiber and the second inner fiber each have at least one loop between the laser module and the transmitter module, and between the laser module and the receiver module, respectively,
- wherein the laser housing, the transmitter housing, and the receiver housing are separated from each other, and
- wherein the first and second inner fibers are polarization maintaining fibers.
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An optical transceiver with a function of a full-duplex optical communication for a pair of optical fibers, comprising:
- a laser module having a laser housing that encloses a wavelength tunable laser diode (LD) including a pair of facets;
- a transmitter module having a transmitter housing that encloses an optical transmitter, the optical transmitter transmitting an outgoing optical signal to the one of the optical fibers by modulating a phase of a laser beam output from one of the facets of the wavelength tunable LD;
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- a receiver module having a receiver housing that encloses an optical receiver, the optical receiver receiving an incoming optical signal from another of the optical fibers, the incoming optical signal being modulated in a phase thereof, the optical receiver extracting data contained in the incoming optical signal by multiplexing the incoming optical signal with another laser beam output from another of the facets of the wavelength tunable LD;
- wherein the laser housing, the transmitter housing, and the receiver housing are separated from each other,
- wherein the transmitter housing has a rectangular shape with a side providing an input port and an output port, the input port receiving the laser beam provided from the laser module, the output port transmitting the outgoing optical signal to one of the optical fibers, and
- wherein the transmitter housing further includes another side and rest sides, the another side being opposite to the side that provides the input port and the output port, the another side including terminals for transmitting high frequency signals, the rest sides connecting the side providing the input port and the output port to the another side, the rest sides including terminals for transmitting DC and low frequency signals.
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An optical transceiver with a function of a full-duplex optical communication for a pair of optical fibers, comprising:
- a laser module having a laser housing that encloses a wavelength tunable laser diode (LD) including a pair of facets;
- a transmitter module having a transmitter housing that encloses an optical transmitter, the optical transmitter transmitting an outgoing optical signal to the one of the optical fibers by modulating a phase of a laser beam output from one of the facets of the wavelength tunable LD;
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- a receiver module having a receiver housing that encloses an optical receiver, the optical receiver receiving an incoming optical signal from another of the optical fibers, the incoming optical signal being modulated in a phase thereof, the optical receiver extracting data contained in the incoming optical signal by multiplexing the incoming optical signal with another laser beam output from another of the facets of the wavelength tunable LD;
- wherein the laser housing, the transmitter housing, and the receiver housing are separated from each other,
- wherein the receiver housing has a rectangular shape with a side providing an input port and another input port, the input port receiving the another laser beam provided from the laser module, the another input port receiving the incoming optical signal from the another of the optical fiber, and
- wherein the receiver housing further includes another side and rest sides, the another side being opposite to the side providing the input port and the another input port, the another side including terminals for transmitting high frequency signals, the rest sides connecting the side providing the input port and the another input port to the another side, the rest sides including terminals for transmitting DC and low frequency signals.
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