US 11,888,529 B2
Coherent transmitter, method for controlling coherent transmitter, and coherent transceiver system
Rui Li, Shenzhen (CN); Xu Sun, Shenzhen (CN); and Xiaolu Song, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Jul. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/865,835.
Application 17/865,835 is a continuation of application No. PCT/CN2020/115479, filed on Sep. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 202010057408.8 (CN), filed on Jan. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0352988 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 10/04 (2006.01); H04B 10/556 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/556 (2013.01) [H04B 10/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coherent transmitter, comprising:
a first signal modulator, wherein the first signal modulator comprises:
a first beam splitter, wherein the first beam splitter is configured to split a first optical signal to obtain a second optical signal and a third optical signal;
a first modulator coupled to the first beam splitter, wherein the first modulator is configured to modulate the second optical signal to obtain a first modulated signal;
a second modulator coupled to the first beam splitter, wherein the second modulator is configured to modulate the third optical signal to obtain a second modulated signal, and wherein the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal have a same phase;
a first phase shift adjuster coupled to the first modulator, wherein the first phase shift adjuster is configured to:
adjust a first phase of a first sub-signal in the first modulated signal, wherein there is a first phase difference between the first sub-signal and the first modulated signal; and
adjust a second phase of a fourth sub-signal in the first sub-signal, wherein there is a second phase difference between the fourth sub-signal and the first modulated signal, and wherein the second phase difference is twice as large as the first phase difference;
a first beam combiner coupled to the first phase shift adjuster, wherein the first beam combiner is configured to combine a second sub-signal in the first modulated signal and the fourth sub-signal to obtain a first combined signal; and
a second beam combiner coupled to the second modulator and the first phase shift adjuster, wherein the second beam combiner is configured to combine a third sub-signal in the first sub-signal and the second modulated signal to obtain a second combined signal;
a first photodiode (PD) coupled to the first signal modulator, wherein the first PD is configured to perform optical-to-electrical conversion on the first combined signal to obtain a first electrical signal; and
a controller coupled to the first signal modulator and the first PD, wherein the controller is configured to control, based on the first electrical signal, a first voltage applied to the first phase shift adjuster, to cause the first phase difference to fall within a preset range.