Abstract: Provided an optical transmission characteristic estimation device that models an optical effect of an optical transmission line by a nonlinear Schrodinger equation, divides the optical transmission line into N (N is an integer of two or more) sections, obtains a solution of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation by an operation of N steps in which a section length of each of the divided N sections is a step size, and estimates transmission characteristics of the optical transmission line, the optical transmission characteristic estimation device including a step size update unit configured to update each of the N step sizes on the basis of an estimated optical power distribution and an estimated dispersion distribution, which are indicated by the transmission characteristics.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an optical access network and a method for designing the same, in which a plurality of optical cable loops, in which optical cables are connected in a loop shape, are disposed between a communication station building and an optical termination position, and the optical cable loops are connected to each other.

Abstract: A communication method in a communication system including an optical transmission device and an optical reception device includes: detecting wave-front distortions of a reference optical signal used for wave-front observation which arrives at a first time point and a second time point before a compensation start time point at which compensation for wave-front distortion is performed, by a plurality of sensors; estimating spatial phase distributions of a plurality of atmospheric layers between the optical transmission device and the optical reception device, respectively, at the first time point and the second time point, based on the wave-front distortions detected by the plurality of sensors, respectively; predicting the respective spatial phase distributions of the plurality of atmospheric layers at the compensation start time point by using estimation results of the respective spatial phase distributions of the plurality of atmospheric layers estimated at the first time point and the second time point; co

Abstract: A first communication device, transmits a startup instruction signal and a second communication device restarts supply of power that has been stopped in a sleep state when receiving the startup instruction signal from the first communication device and includes transmission data in a startup completion signal when generating the start completion signal that is a response signal to the startup instruction signal.

Abstract: Various example embodiments for supporting optical communications in an optical communication system are presented herein. Various example embodiments for supporting optical communications in an optical communication system may be configured to support optical communications within a passive optical network (PON) including an optical line terminal (OLT) and an optical network unit (ONU) where communications between the OLT and the ONU is supported based on support for multiple ONU instances of the ONU within the PON.

Abstract: A single-axis optical free-space communication device is described. The optical communication device may interact with entities that include or utilize elements such as retroreflectors. The optical communication device may be utilized for applications such as positioning, navigation, and/or timing (PNT), two-way communication, and/or other appropriate applications. The communication device may generate an optical output via a laser transmitter, optical fiber, and collimation lens. The optical communication device may receive optical inputs via the collimation lens, a photodetector, and receiver electronics. The optical communication device may utilize a single communication axis for transmission and reception by running an optical fiber transmission output through the center of an annular photodetector that receives reflected responses from the retroreflectors.

Abstract: Improved systems and methods for optical communications are provided that have reduced size, weight, and power use. Such system and methods can find, use between satellites or other distant systems that are in significant relative motion. Such embodiments include the use of a diamagnetically levitated magnetic actuator or other actuator to control the orientation of an optical phased array (OPA), thereby aiming the array at distant target systems. An OPA has reduced size and mass relative to traditional telescopes, providing similar beam apertures while having reduced size, weight, and cost of the OPA and associated actuators. The actuator allows the OPA to omit, or to include fewer, phase shifter elements than previous steerable OPA telescopes, reducing complexity', cost, and power requirements.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a control device, a control method, and a program that can inexpensively acquire highly reliable sensor data. A communication system according to the present invention includes a control device, a plurality of lighting devices, and an IoT device. The lighting devices output modulated light beams that are modulated, the IoT device receives each of the modulated light beams, uses information obtained from each of the modulated light beams as metadata, and transmits, to the control device, the metadata and collected sensing data in association with each other, and the control device controls generation and output of the modulated light beams to the lighting devices, estimates a position of the IoT device from the metadata, and stores the position of the IoT device and the sensing data in association with each other.

Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is a signal detection device including a mode demultiplexer configured to convert N (N is a natural number) spatial mode signals including a plurality of higher modes excited in a transmission path fiber into N base modes and output the N basis modes, a frequency conversion unit configured to convert N optical signals into frequencies different from each other, a multiplexing unit configured to multiplex the N optical signals having frequencies that have been converted, and a reception unit configured to photoelectrically convert a multiplexed optical signal while maintaining modulation information for a phase and polarization, perform digital signal conversion and signal processing, and demodulate an original information sequence.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure may comprise a coherent optical receiver, where the coherent optical receiver comprises a PCSEL that generates a first and a second light beam. In accordance with various embodiments, the physical emission direction of the first light beam may be at an angle of 180 degrees, or 180 degrees plus/minus 10 degrees in some instances, to the physical emission direction of the second light beam. Embodiments may also comprise a first hybrid receiver that receives a first portion of an input light signal to the coherent optical receiver and the first light beam as a local oscillator signal, generating one or more first optical hybrid receiver output signals. Embodiments may also comprise a second hybrid receiver that receives a second portion of the input light signal to the coherent optical receiver and the second light beam as a local oscillator signal, generating one or more second optical hybrid receiver output signals.

Abstract: A wavelength conversion apparatus includes: a first demultiplexer wavelength-separating an optical signal having wavelengths of a first band wavelength-multiplexed into n drop signals acquired by wavelength-multiplexing optical signals of predetermined wavelengths and a through signal acquired by wavelength-multiplexing an optical signal of a wavelength being not a target of wavelength conversion; a second demultiplexer demultiplexing optical signals of the predetermined wavelengths included in the n drop signals into optical signals; n wavelength converters wavelength-converting first optical signals of wavelengths included in the optical signals into second optical signals of the second band; n first multiplexers multiplexing the wavelength-converted second optical signals, and outputting n third optical signals; and a multiplexing unit multiplexing and outputting the n third optical signals, an optical signal acquired by wavelength-multiplexing wavelengths of a second band previously wavelength-separated f

Abstract: A remote control device configured to control an electronic device including: a plurality of input keys; a signal transmitter; and a processor configured to: identify a time interval between a first radio signal and a second radio signal based on a length of the first radio signal, and based on one of the plurality of input keys being consecutively selected, control the signal transmitter to repeatedly output the second radio signal corresponding to the selected input key according to the identified time interval, where the first radio signal is configured to control an external electronic device communicating with the electronic device based on the second radio signal received from the remote control device.

Abstract: An optical system includes an optical antenna configured to receive and/or transmit laser beams through a first aperture, a gimbal-mounted deformable mirror (GDM) configurable to correct aberrations of a received laser beam, a power selector configurable to split the received laser beam into a first light beam and a second light beam, a wavefront sensor configured to measure a wavefront of the first light beam, a collimator configured to couple the second light beam into an optical fiber, and a controller configured to control the GDM for laser beam tracking and for correcting the aberrations of the received laser beam based on the wavefront of the first light beam measured by the wavefront sensor. The GDM is configurable to scan, within a field of regard (FOR), a beacon beam to be transmitted for laser beam tracking; or scan within the FOR to acquire a beacon beam transmitted by a terminal.

Abstract: An optical computing apparatus and system and a computing method are provided. The optical computing apparatus includes a linear operation module, a first delay module, and a coupler. The linear operation module can modulate, based on received electrical signals, optical signals input to the linear operation module; the first delay module may adjust a delay of optical signals output by the linear operation module; and after the first delay module adjusts the delay of the optical signals output by the linear operation module, the coupler may combine a plurality of groups of optical signals successively output by the linear operation module, to output one group of optical signals used to indicate a computing result that is obtained after a multiply-add operation is performed on one group of data and weights.

Abstract: A module for use in an optical network includes one or more elements concatenated to one another; and circuitry configured to receive and store calibration data associated with the one or more elements, and transmit the calibration data to one or more processing devices for modeling of the module in a link in the optical network. The one or more elements can include gain blocks for optical amplification. The calibration data can be determined at manufacturing via testing. The calibration data can relate to determining gain and noise transfer functions of the module at various operating points.

Abstract: A wavelength-tunable optical transmission unit repeatedly transmits a first channel setting optical signal while changing a transmission channel until a wavelength-tunable optical reception unit receives a second channel setting optical signal in response to a first instruction signal. When the wavelength-tunable optical reception unit receives the second channel setting optical signal, a channel indicated by second channel information is set as a channel of an optical signal to be received by the wavelength-tunable optical reception unit. When a second instruction signal is received after the first instruction signal is received, a channel of an optical signal to be transmitted by the wavelength-tunable optical transmission unit is set to a first designated channel, and a channel of an optical signal to be received by the wavelength-tunable optical reception unit is set to a second designated channel.

Abstract: Systems and methods for transducing and storing qubit signals are provided. The system includes a voltage source, a substrate, and a membrane suspended over the substrate. A phononic crystal oscillator is disposed in a first region of the membrane. The phononic crystal oscillator includes a capacitor having a moving electrode including an array of multiple phononic crystal unit cells. The moving electrode is connected to the voltage source. A superconducting circuit disposed in a second region of the membrane. A plurality of phonon shields and an optical resonator may also be disposed on the membrane.

Abstract: In an optical wireless communication, OWC, network (100), time division multiple access, TDMA, is commonly used for interference suppression among multiple network devices (D1-Dn) associated to a single coordinator, or among adjacent coordinators (C1-Cn). However, an offset of MAC cycles among two adjacent coordinators (C1-C2) may still result in interference to a network device (D1) located in the overlapping area of the coverage areas of these two adjacent coordinators (C1-Cn). This invention is directed to various methods, apparatus, systems, computer program and computer-readable media for providing a mechanism to make use of an out-of-band channel to send a signal from a network device (D1) to the two adjacent coordinators (C1-C2), for assisting the alignment of MAC cycles among the two adjacent coordinators (C1-C2), and the out-of-band channel has a line-of-sight character, and is out-of-band as compared to the OWC network (100).

Abstract: The present specification provides a quantum secure direct communication (QSDC) method by which a transmitting end transmits a message on the basis of differential time coding, in a quantum communication system.

Abstract: A method is provided for securement of a network of optical fibers against attempts to detect sounds such as private conversations emitted in the vicinity of the fiber network such as in a secure room. The cable entering the room contains a plurality of fibers some of which have data and some are unused. It has been found that the sensitivity of systems such as DAS monitoring systems can detect such conversations from the vibration of the fibers in the vicinity. The method includes monitoring at least some of the fibers for detecting transmission therealong of light signals used for monitoring of fiber vibration which provide information on the sounds. An indication alert is emitted when detected of an intrusion attempt. A jamming signal can be transmitted along the detected fiber to prevent the monitoring. The monitoring and jamming can take place at a patch panel where the fibers are connected.