SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATION

Mixing between I and Q components in coherent homodyne optical signals can occur due to phase shifts, e.g. relative to the local oscillator, relative to the other signal components. In some examples, the phase shifts can arise due to thermal expansion of the optical waveguides and/or can include pol...

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Main Authors BAEHR-JONES, Thomas W, BOHN, Florian, SHANKAR, Hari
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 20.04.2023
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
TRANSMISSION
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Summary:Mixing between I and Q components in coherent homodyne optical signals can occur due to phase shifts, e.g. relative to the local oscillator, relative to the other signal components. In some examples, the phase shifts can arise due to thermal expansion of the optical waveguides and/or can include polarization mixing. A descrambler functions to correct for mixing between multiple signal components. The descrambler may be configured to at least partially correct for a phase difference between a first plurality of modulated optical data signals and a first local oscillator reference signal; and a controller may be configured for determining a first correction parameter for at least partially correcting for the phase difference, and for transmitting the first correction parameter to the descrambler. The controller may be configured for determining the first correction parameter from a first pilot signal transmitted with the first plurality of modulated optical data signals.
Bibliography:Application Number: US202218047500