Optical transceiver and method of controlling optical powers of optical channels

US10608773B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ) · SE

Inventors

• Wei-Ping Huang · Spånga, SE
• Francesco Testa · Pisa, IT
• Gemma Vall-Llosera · Järfälla, SE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 13, 2016
• Grant date: Mar 31, 2020
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04J14/0283
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In an optical transceiver, an optical transmitter coupled to a reconfigurable optical channel-add apparatus has first and second add paths, an add micro-ring resonator, and first and second optical attenuators, reconfigurable to selectively block an optical channel from an optical transmitter in one of the first and second add paths. The add micro-ring resonator is reconfigurable selectively to add an optical channel from the first add path to an optical waveguide to travel towards the first add-drop port or to add an optical channel from the second add path to the optical waveguide to travel towards the second add-drop port. An optical receiver is coupled to a reconfigurable optical channel-drop apparatus having a drop micro-ring resonator, and first and second drop paths. The drop micro-ring resonator is reconfigurable selectively to drop an optical channel travelling from the first add-drop port from the optical waveguide to the first drop path or to drop an optical channel travelling from the second add-drop port from the optical waveguide to the second drop path.