Abstract: A method for manufacturing a monolithically integrated semiconductor optical integrated element comprising a DFB laser, an EA modulator, and a SOA disposed in a light emitting direction, comprising the step of forming a semiconductor wafer on which the elements are two-dimensionally arrayed and aligned the optical axes; cleaving the semiconductor wafer along a plane orthogonal to the light emitting direction to form a semiconductor bar including a plurality of the elements arranged one-dimensionally along a direction orthogonal to the light emitting direction such that the elements adjacent to each other share an identical cleavage end face as a light emission surface; inspecting the semiconductor bar by driving the SOA and the DFB laser through a connection wiring part together; and separating out the semiconductor bar after the inspection to cut the connection wiring part connecting the electrode of the SOA and the DFB laser to isolate from each other.

Abstract: A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation method includes an optical signal transmission step of inserting at least one pair of signal sequences into transmission data and transmitting the transmission data into which the at least one pair of signal sequences is inserted, a signal sequence extraction step of extracting the at least one pair of signal sequences from a received signal obtained by receiving the transmitted transmission data, an inner product calculation step of calculating an inner product value of the extracted at least one pair of signal sequences, a reception power calculation step of calculating reception power of the extracted at least one pair of signal sequences, and an SNR calculation step of calculating an SNR of the at least one pair of signal sequences on the basis of the calculated inner product value and the calculated reception power.

Abstract: An optical receiver that demodulates an optical modulation signal into a baseband signal, which is an electrical signal, and decodes a received symbol acquired by converting the baseband signal. The optical receiver includes: an analog-to-digital converter that converts the baseband signal into a digital signal of which the number of samples per received symbol is M/N (samples/symbol), M and N being positive integers, M/N being not an integer, and “M>N” being satisfied; and an adaptive equalization processing unit that executes an equalization operation set in advance to output the received symbol on the basis of the digital signal of which the number of samples per received symbol is M/N (samples/symbol) and a predetermined tap coefficient digital signal equalization tap coefficients used for equalization of a signal, the coefficient being updated in any sampling period.

Abstract: An optical transmitter of an optical data transmission system transmitting data through an optical fiber transmission path includes a main signal generator that converts first transmission data into a predetermined signal format to generate a first signal, a DCSK modulator that DCSK-modulates second transmission data to generate a second signal, a signal-multiplexer that performs time-division multiplexing of the first signal and the second signal, and an electro-optical converter that converts a multiplexed signal obtained by the time-division multiplexing of the signal-multiplexer from an electric signal into an optical signal, and outputs the optical signal to the optical fiber transmission path.

Abstract: An optical receiver that demodulates an optical modulation signal into a baseband signal, which is an electrical signal, and decodes a received symbol acquired by converting the baseband signal. The optical receiver includes: an analog-to-digital converter that converts the baseband signal into a digital signal of which the number of samples per received symbol is M/N (samples/symbol), M and N being positive integers, M/N being not an integer, and “M >N” being satisfied; and an adaptive equalization processing unit that executes an equalization operation set in advance to output the received symbol on the basis of the digital signal of which the number of samples per received symbol is M/N (samples/symbol) and a predetermined tap coefficient digital signal equalization tap coefficients used for equalization of a signal, the coefficient being updated in any sampling period.

Abstract: A signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) estimation method includes an optical signal transmission step of inserting at least one pair of signal sequences into transmission data and transmitting the transmission data into which the at least one pair of signal sequences is inserted, a signal sequence extraction step of extracting the at least one pair of signal sequences from a received signal obtained by receiving the transmitted transmission data, an inner product calculation step of calculating an inner product value of the extracted at least one pair of signal sequences, a reception power calculation step of calculating reception power of the extracted at least one pair of signal sequences, and an SNR calculation step of calculating an SNR of the at least one pair of signal sequences on the basis of the calculated inner product value and the calculated reception power.

Abstract: A Fourier-transformer performs Fourier transform on a filter coefficient output from an adaptive equalizer which comprises a finite impulse response filter of N taps (N represents an integer of 2 or more) in a time direction. An eigenvalue sum calculator integrates a frequency-differentiation result of the Fourier-transformed filter coefficient and a complex conjugate of the Fourier-transformed filter coefficient to calculate a matrix, and calculates a sum of two eigenvalues of the matrix. A proportionality factor calculator calculates a proportionality factor for frequency from the sum of the two eigenvalues.

Abstract: An optical transmitter of an optical data transmission system transmitting data through an optical fiber transmission path includes a main signal generator that converts first transmission data into a predetermined signal format to generate a first signal, a DCSK modulator that DCSK-modulates second transmission data to generate a second signal, a signal-multiplexer that performs time-division multiplexing of the first signal and the second signal, and an electro-optical converter that converts a multiplexed signal obtained by the time-division multiplexing of the signal-multiplexer from an electric signal into an optical signal, and outputs the optical signal to the optical fiber transmission path.

Abstract: A coherent optical reception device includes a local oscillation laser that supplies laser light, a coherent optical reception front-end unit that receives a multi-level modulated optical signal, demodulates the optical signal on the basis of the laser light, and converts a demodulated optical signal into an electrical analog signal, an analog-to-digital converter that converts the analog signal into a digital signal, a compensation unit that compensates for an influence of dispersion due to a wavelength or a polarized wave of the optical signal and recovers a carrier phase of the digital signal, a constellation distortion compensation unit that compensates for constellation distortion of the multi-level modulation included in the digital signal in which an influence of dispersion is compensated for by the compensation unit, and an error correction decoding unit that performs error correction of the digital signal in which the constellation distortion is compensated for.

Abstract: An optical modulator driver circuit (1) includes an amplifier (50, Q10, Q11, R10-R13), and a current amount adjustment circuit (51) capable of adjusting a current amount of the amplifier (50) in accordance with a desired operation mode. The current amount adjustment circuit (51) includes at least two current sources (IS10) that are individually ON/OFF-controllable in accordance with a binary control signal representing the desired operation mode.

Abstract: A coherent optical reception device includes a local oscillation laser that supplies laser light, a coherent optical reception front-end unit that receives a multi-level modulated optical signal, demodulates the optical signal on the basis of the laser light, and converts a demodulated optical signal into an electrical analog signal, an analog-to-digital converter that converts the analog signal into a digital signal, a compensation unit that compensates for an influence of dispersion due to a wavelength or a polarized wave of the optical signal and recovers a carrier phase of the digital signal, a constellation distortion compensation unit that compensates for constellation distortion of the multi-level modulation included in the digital signal in which an influence of dispersion is compensated for by the compensation unit, and an error correction decoding unit that performs error correction of the digital signal in which the constellation distortion is compensated for.

Abstract: A parallel transfer rate converter inputs first parallel data with number of samples being S1 pieces in synchronism with a first clock, and outputs second parallel data with number of samples being S2=S1×(m/p) pieces (p is an integer equal to or larger than 1) in synchronism with a second clock having a frequency which is p/m times of a frequency of the first clock. A convolution operation device inputs the second parallel data in synchronism with the second clock, generates third parallel data with number of samples being S3=S2×(n/m) pieces (S3 is an integer equal to or larger than 1) by executing a convolution operation with a coefficient indicating a transmission characteristic to the second parallel data, and outputs the third parallel data in synchronism with the second clock.

Abstract: A Fourier-transformer performs Fourier transform on a filter coefficient output from an adaptive equalizer which comprises a finite impulse response filter of N taps (N represents an integer of 2 or more) in a time direction. An eigenvalue sum calculator integrates a frequency-differentiation result of the Fourier-transformed filter coefficient and a complex conjugate of the Fourier-transformed filter coefficient to calculate a matrix, and calculates a sum of two eigenvalues of the matrix. A proportionality factor calculator calculates a proportionality factor for frequency from the sum of the two eigenvalues.

Abstract: An increase in circuit scale is suppressed and a phase variation caused in a transmission path or the like is compensated for.

Abstract: A parallel transfer rate converter inputs first parallel data with number of samples being S1 pieces in synchronism with a first clock, and outputs second parallel data with number of samples being S2=S1×(m/p) pieces (p is an integer equal to or larger than 1) in synchronism with a second clock having a frequency which is p/m times of a frequency of the first clock. A convolution operation device inputs the second parallel data in synchronism with the second clock, generates third parallel data with number of samples being S3=S2×(n/m) pieces (S3 is an integer equal to or larger than 1) by executing a convolution operation with a coefficient indicating a transmission characteristic to the second parallel data, and outputs the third parallel data in synchronism with the second clock.

Abstract: The optical receiving device with phase compensation apparatus uses coherent opto-electric conversion and is designed for receiving phase- or quadrature-amplitude-modulated optical signals. The phase compensation apparatus includes following elements: a carrier-phase estimation unit that estimates carrier phase errors in a received symbol string; a gain adjustment unit that adjusts weighting of each symbols in phase error evaluation performed in the carrier-phase adjustment unit; a phase-cycle-slip reduction unit with a phase-cycle-slip detector using statistical processing performed on the output symbols from the carrier-phase estimation unit; and a phase compensation circuit that compensates carrier phase errors of the received signal using an output from the carrier phase estimation unit.

Abstract: The estimation of an amount of chromatic dispersion using a training signal sequence is possible. A transmission method includes: a training signal sequence generation step of generating, as training signal sequences, a plurality of signal sequences having power concentrated in a plurality of frequency bands, the power concentrated at different frequency bands; a training signal sequence selection step of selecting at least one training signal sequence from among the plurality of training signal sequences generated in the training signal sequence generation step, a signal multiplexing step of generating a signal sequence obtained by time-division multiplexing the training signal sequence selected in the training signal sequence selection step with a transmission data sequence, and an electrical-to-optical conversion step of transmitting the signal sequence generated in the signal multiplexing step as an optical signal.

Abstract: An optical modulator driver circuit (1) includes an amplifier (50, Q10, Q11, R10-R13), and a current amount adjustment circuit (51) capable of adjusting a current amount of the amplifier (50) in accordance with a desired operation mode. The current amount adjustment circuit (51) includes at least two current sources (IS10) that are individually ON/OFF-controllable in accordance with a binary control signal representing the desired operation mode.

Abstract: An increase in circuit scale is suppressed and a phase variation caused in a transmission path or the like is compensated for.

Abstract: The estimation of an amount of chromatic dispersion using a training signal sequence is possible. A transmission method includes: a training signal sequence generation step of generating, as training signal sequences, a plurality of signal sequences having power concentrated in a plurality of frequency bands, the power concentrated at different frequency bands; a training signal sequence selection step of selecting at least one training signal sequence from among the plurality of training signal sequences generated in the training signal sequence generation step, a signal multiplexing step of generating a signal sequence obtained by time-division multiplexing the training signal sequence selected in the training signal sequence selection step with a transmission data sequence, and an electrical-to-optical conversion step of transmitting the signal sequence generated in the signal multiplexing step as an optical signal.