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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2018
Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Ryouta Teranishi, Yokohama, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
A method of controlling an optical transmitter comprising a determining step, a dividing step and a determining step. In the determining step, a full range of an optical signal output from a light-generating device is determined by setting an upper and a lower limit thereof by keeping power of a continuous wave (CW) light constant and varying an electrical driving signal, the optical signal having 2n optical levels where n is an integer. In the dividing step, the full range of the optical signal is divided into sub-ranges each between the neighbor optical levels including the upper limit and the lower limit of the full range, the sub-ranges having preset ratios. In the determining step, electrical levels of the electrical driving signal are determined based on a non-linear transfer characteristic of the light-generating device between the electrical driving signal supplied thereto and the optical signal output therefrom.