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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2012
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Infinera Corporation, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An optical system may have an optical transmitter including a digital signal processor to receive a signal channel, add data corresponding to a pilot tone, generate a digital signal associated with the signal channel and including the pilot tone, and output the digital signal. The optical system may further have a digital-to-analog converter to convert the digital signal to an analog signal, a laser to provide an optical signal, and a modulator to receive the optical signal and the analog signal, and modulate the optical signal based on the analog signal to form a modulated optical signal. The modulated optical signal may include the pilot tone. The optical system may also have an optical receiver to receive the modulated optical signal, process the modulated optical signal to determine a phase associated with the pilot tone, and apply the phase to the modulated optical signal to recover the signal channel.