Optical Communications Research Activities at COM RD1 Siemens S.A.

Abstract

This article summarizes the research activities carried out by the R&D Optical Networks Communications group (COM RD1), at Siemens S.A., in collaboration with both universities and other research institutes. These activities cover various aspects of advanced modulation formats, all optical wavelength conversion, optical quality of signal monitoring in transparent WDM networks, routing, and wavelength assignment in optical networks.     

Microfluidic fabrication of water-in-water droplets encapsulated in hydrogel microfibers

By combining microfiber spinning techniques with aqueous two phase system (ATPS), a rapid and simple strategy to fabricate water-in-water (w/w) droplets encapsulated in microfibers was proposed for the first time. Hydrophilic environment in hydrogel and the fiber format facilitates higher biocompatibility, convenient manipulation of the droplets and recycling of the contents inside droplets, which would have promising development in biological, pharmacological and environmental fields.     

Properties of cat-eye modulating retro-reflector and its application with piezoelectric transducer

Piezoelectric cat-eye modulating retro-reflector (MRR) is the core component of an acousto-optic retro-identification system. The influence of the optical parameters (link distance l, lens focal length f and the detector diameter r) to the cat-eye effect was analyzed theoretically and experimentally. A piezoelectric cat-eye retro-identification (PCERI) system was built, and an information transmission ratio of 2 kHz was achieved which can satisfy an access control system.     

Some properties of the Owen T-function

Some new relations for the Owen function are obtained including differentiation and integration formulas, integral representations and series. Applications of the Owen function in probability theory and in communication theory are shown.     

Time reversal acoustic communication receivers: DSP implementation and fast channel estimation

A communication system is implemented on digital signal processors (DSPs) for the underwater acoustic environment. The implemented receiver uses time reversal multi-channel combining followed by a single-channel decision feedback equalizer. Periodic channel estimation is employed to track the channel fluctuations. These techniques are used to mitigate time-varying inter-symbol interference, which is the main challenge in the underwater acoustic channel at operating frequencies greater than 10 kHz. Various optimization tasks are performed to reduce the receiver computational complexity. A fast implementation of the matching pursuit algorithm is tested on the DSP platform. Its performance, in terms of accuracy and run-time, is compared with that of the basic matching pursuit algorithm. Experimental results of the transmission and demodulation of binary phase-shift keying signals at three different symbol rates were obtained in the local Delaware Bay. The low bit error rates demonstrate the effectiveness of our implementation.     

A LabVIEW-based real-time measurement system for polarization detection and calibration

A rapid real-time polarization measurement system was designed and implemented in this paper. The system is centered round a computer running application developed for the purpose. The paper illustrates how to build such an excellent application with National Instruments’ graphical programming language LabVIEW, a synchronized high speed multi-channels data acquisition card and some photoelectric conversion module in detail. With simple and friendly user interface, the experimental result shows that the measurement system has high computational efficiency, high precision calibration matrix, which can be efficiently utilized in experiments relating to the measurement of polarization.     

AFS–3100原子荧光光度计联机异常故障排除

介绍了北京海光仪器公司生产的AFS–3100原子荧光光度计在使用过程中仪器与电脑通讯失败的故障原因及排除方法。     

航空通信网络中复杂干扰过滤技术研究

航空通信环境中存在复杂的干扰信号,对正常的通信信号造成强烈的干扰。利用传统算法进行干扰信号过滤,无法避免由于干扰信号过于复杂导致过滤不充分的缺陷。提出一种基于加权残差优化算法的航空通信网络中复杂干扰过滤方法。对原始信号进行降频处理,能够消除峰值干扰信号,提高了信号的准确性。根据加权残差修正优化算法的相关原理,对通信信号进行残差优化处理,经过处理后的通信信号在受到干扰时会形成零陷,实现了对复杂干扰信号的过滤。实验结果表明,利用该算法进行航空通信网络中复杂干扰信号过滤,能够有效提高过滤的准确性,效果令人满意。     

智能弹药的实时仿真可视化系统设计

针对仿真可视化系统开发时间长、开发费用高的问题,提出了一种利用Unity3D引擎进行实时仿真可视化系统开发的模块式设计方法。首先,对武器仿真可视化系统进行了分析,提出了智能弹药实时仿真可视化系统的五大模块;然后,通过在3ds Max下建立智能弹药模型和Unity3D下的二次开发,构建了智能弹药仿真可视化系统的仿真环境,以C#为编程工具,设计了仿真驱动、串口数据通讯和仿真输出模块;最终,实现了智能弹药实时仿真可视化系统。实验证明,该系统可以有效地在监视器上实时显示出智能弹药的飞行姿态、飞行参数和飞行轨迹。     

Fiber optical parametric amplifiers in optical communication systems

The prospects for using fiber optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) in optical communication systems are reviewed. Phase‐insensitive amplifiers (PIAs) and phase‐sensitive amplifiers (PSAs) are considered. Low‐penalty amplification at/or near 1 Tb/s has been achieved, for both wavelength‐ and time‐division multiplexed formats. High‐quality mid‐span spectral inversion has been demonstrated at 0.64 Tb/s, avoiding electronic dispersion compensation. All‐optical amplitude regeneration of amplitude‐modulated signals has been performed, while PSAs have been used to demonstrate phase regeneration of phase‐modulated signals. A PSA with 1.1‐dB noise figure has been demonstrated, and preliminary wavelength‐division multiplexing experiments have been performed with PSAs. 512 Gb/s have been transmitted over 6,000 km by periodic phase conjugation. Simulations indicate that PIAs could reach data rate x reach products in excess of 14,000 Tb/s × km in realistic wavelength‐division multiplexed long‐haul networks. Technical challenges remaining to be addressed in order for fiber OPAs to become useful for long‐haul communication networks are discussed.