Optical transmission device and control method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10670809-B2
Application number	US-201916380464-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 10, 2019
Priority date	Jun 1, 2018
Publication date	Jun 2, 2020
Grant date	Jun 2, 2020

Abstract

An optical transmission device controls driving of a mirror that adjusts an attenuation amount of a VOA and a transmission frequency of a TOF. The device acquires an adjustment amount of a reference voltage in which the intensity of output light becomes a target at detecting a change in the attenuation amount. The device calculates a deviation of an attenuation amount by using a difference between the reference frequency and the adjusted frequency specified from the characteristic of the mirror. The device calculates a deviation of an attenuation amount from a relationship at detecting a change in a new attenuation amount. The device calculates an adjustment amount by using a difference between the voltage of the reference frequency specified from the characteristic and the voltage of the frequency that is after deviation, adds the adjustment amount to the reference voltage, and sets the result.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical transmission device comprising:
a mirror that adjusts an amount of attenuation of an adjustment function for adjusting an intensity of output light and that adjusts a transmission frequency of a transmission function for transmitting the output light; and a processor configured to:
drive and control the mirror in accordance with an applied voltage;
acquire, when a change in the amount of attenuation has been detected, an amount of adjustment of a reference amount of voltage in which the intensity of the output light becomes a target value;
perform a first calculation including referring to a part characteristic of the mirror indicating an association relationship between a transmission frequency and an amount of voltage when the amount of attenuation is zero, specifying a reference transmission frequency and an adjusted transmission frequency that has been adjusted by the amount of adjustment, and calculating an amount of deviation caused by the change in the amount of attenuation by using a difference between the specified reference transmission frequency and the adjusted transmission frequency;
generate a relationship based on coordinates that indicate an association relationship between the amount of attenuation and the amount of deviation obtained at the time of detecting the change and based on the origin coordinates;
perform a second calculation including calculating, from the relationship, when a change in a new amount of attenuation has been detected, an amount of deviation associated with the amount of attenuation at the time of detecting the change;
perform a third calculation including referring to the part characteristic, specifying an amount of voltage of the reference transmission frequency and an amount of voltage of the transmission frequency that is after deviation obtained by adding the amount of deviation to the reference transmission frequency, and calculating an amount of adjustment by using a difference between the amount of voltage of the reference transmission frequency and the amount of voltage of the transmission frequency that is after the deviation; and
set, in the driving and controlling, the applied voltage obtained by adding the reference amount of voltage to the calculated amount of adjustment.

2. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein, when a change in the amount of attenuation has been detected during a waiting period that is immediately before activation of the optical transmission device, the acquiring including acquiring the amount of adjustment of the reference amount of voltage in which the intensity of the output light becomes the target value.

3. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring including acquiring, when a change in the amount of attenuation has been detected during an operation period that is after activation of the optical transmission device, the amount of adjustment of the reference amount of voltage in which the intensity of the output light becomes the target value;
the first calculation including referring to the part characteristic, specifying the reference transmission frequency and the adjusted transmission frequency, and calculating the amount of deviation by using the difference between the specified reference transmission frequency and the adjusted transmission frequency; and
wherein the processor is further configured to correct the relationship based on the coordinates indicating the association relationship between the amount of attenuation and the amount of deviation at the time of detecting the change.

4. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the acquiring including acquiring, when a change in the amount of attenuation has been detected during a start-up period that is between activation of the optical transmission device and an operation period, the amount of adjustment of the reference amount of voltage in which the intensity of the output light becomes the target value;
the first calculation including referring to the part characteristic, specifying the reference transmission frequency and the adjusted transmission frequency, and calculating the amount of deviation by using the difference between the specified reference transmission frequency and the adjusted transmission frequency; and
wherein the processor is further configured to correct the relationship based on the coordinates indicating the association relationship between the amount of attenuation and the amount of deviation at the time of detecting the change.

5. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
store therein the relationship for each use frequency, and
perform a fourth calculation including acquiring, when the change in the new amount of attenuation has been detected, the relationship associated with a current use frequency from the storing and calculating, from the acquired relationship, an amount of deviation associated with the amount of attenuation at the time of detecting the change.

6. The optical transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether the amount of deviation calculated from the relationship by the calculating exceeds a predetermined amount, and
perform, when the amount of deviation exceeds the predetermined amount, a calculation operation of the third calculation and skip, when the amount of deviation does not exceed the predetermined amount, the calculation operation of the third calculation.

7. A control method performed by an optical transmission device comprising:
a mirror that adjusts an amount of attenuation of an adjustment function for adjusting an intensity of output light and that adjusts a transmission frequency of a transmission function for transmitting the output light; and
the control method comprising:
driving and controlling the mirror in accordance with an applied voltage;
acquiring, when detecting a change in the amount of attenuation, an amount of adjustment of a reference amount of voltage in which the intensity of the output light becomes a target value;
referring to a part characteristic of the mirror indicating an association relationship between a transmission frequency and an amount of voltage when the amount of attenuation is zero, specifying a reference transmission frequency and an adjusted transmission frequency that has been adjusted by the amount of adjustment, and calculating an amount of deviation caused by the change in the amount of attenuation by using a difference between the specified reference transmission frequency and the adjusted transmission frequency;
generating a relationship based on coordinates that indicate an association relationship between the amount of attenuation and the amount of deviation obtained at the time of detecting the change and based on the origin coordinates;
calculating, from the relationship, when detecting a change in a new amount of attenuation, an amount of deviation associated with the amount of attenuation at the time of detecting the change;
referring to the part characteristic, specifying an amount of voltage of the reference transmission frequency and an amount of voltage of the transmission frequency that is after deviation obtained by adding the amount of deviation to the reference transmission frequency, and calculating an amount of adjustment by using a difference between the amount of voltage of the reference transmission frequency and the amount of voltage of the transmission frequency that is after the deviation; and
setting, in the drive control unit, the applied voltage obtained by adding the reference amount of voltage to the calculated amount of adjustment.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Optical Components Ltd

Inventors

• Yasuda Shuichi

Classifications

• G02B6/3586

  Control or adjustment details, e.g. calibrating (testing optical equipment G01M11/00) · CPC title

• G02B6/4206

  Optical features (G02B6/4207, G02B6/421 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/266 Primary

  the optical element being an attenuator · CPC title

• G02B6/3518

  the reflective optical element being an intrinsic part of a MEMS device, i.e. fabricated together with the MEMS device (MEMS devices in general B81B; manufacture of MEM devices in general B81C; micromechanical devices controlling the direction of light G02B26/0833) · CPC title

• G02B6/293

  with wavelength selective means · CPC title