阅读说明：本技术 基于数字光模块的高精度光纤频率传递装置 (High-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on digital optical module ) 是由 张�浩 于 2019-09-18 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明公开了一种基于数字光模块的高精度光纤频率传递装置,包括中心站光纤频率发送单元和远端光纤频率接收单元；所述中心站光纤频率发送单元发送和接收高精度频率信号,并根据远端环回频率信号获取光纤链路的时延/相位及其波动信息对光纤传输时延/相位进行调整,从而稳定光纤传输时延/相位；所述远端光纤频率接收单元接收中心站光纤频率发送单元发送的光载频率信号,并产生光载环回频率信号返回给中心站光纤频率发送单元。本发明中,通过数字光模块进行光电转换及电光转换,采用单纤双向传输方式,能够有效避免环境变化对频率传输的影响,实现高精度传输,并能够直接利用现有商用光通信网络进行高精度频率传输,性价比高,应用潜力大。(the invention discloses a high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on a digital optical module, which comprises a central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit and a far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit; the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit transmits and receives high-precision frequency signals, and adjusts the optical fiber transmission delay/phase according to the time delay/phase of the optical fiber link acquired by the far-end loopback frequency signal and the fluctuation information thereof, so as to stabilize the optical fiber transmission delay/phase; the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit receives the optical carrier frequency signal sent by the central station optical fiber frequency sending unit, generates an optical carrier loopback frequency signal and returns the optical carrier loopback frequency signal to the central station optical fiber frequency sending unit. In the invention, the digital optical module is used for photoelectric conversion and electro-optical conversion, a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mode is adopted, the influence of environmental change on frequency transmission can be effectively avoided, high-precision transmission is realized, the existing commercial optical communication network can be directly utilized for high-precision frequency transmission, the cost performance is high, and the application potential is large.)

1. The utility model provides a high accuracy optic fibre frequency transfer device based on digital optical module which characterized in that: the fiber frequency transmitting and receiving system comprises a central station fiber frequency transmitting unit (1) and a far-end fiber frequency receiving unit (2), wherein the input end of the central station fiber frequency transmitting unit (1) is electrically connected with a frequency source, and the output end of the central station fiber frequency transmitting unit is connected with the far-end fiber frequency receiving unit (2) through a fiber link in a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mode to form a single-fiber bidirectional path;

the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit (1) converts a frequency signal from a frequency source into an optical carrier frequency signal, transmits the optical carrier frequency signal to the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit (2), receives an optical carrier loopback frequency signal from the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit (2), extracts time delay/phase information between the optical carrier loopback frequency signal and a local frequency signal, and adjusts a time delay/phase compensation value according to the extracted time delay/phase information;

The far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit (2) is used for receiving the optical carrier frequency signal sent by the central station optical fiber frequency sending unit (1), and generating an optical carrier loopback frequency signal according to the optical carrier frequency signal and returning the optical carrier loopback frequency signal to the central station optical fiber frequency sending unit (1).

2. The high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on the digital optical module as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit (1) comprises a first time delay/phase compensation module (11), a first digital optical module (12), a first optical routing module (13), a first signal processing module (14), a second time delay/phase compensation module (15), a time delay/phase extraction module (16) and a control module (17);

The first time delay/phase compensation module (11) performs time delay/phase adjustment on a frequency signal from a frequency source according to a control signal output by the control module (17), and outputs the frequency signal to the first digital optical module (12);

the first digital optical module (12) converts the electrical signal from the first time delay/phase compensation module (11) into an optical carrier frequency signal and outputs the optical carrier frequency signal to the first optical routing module (13), and simultaneously converts the optical carrier frequency signal from the first optical routing module (13) into an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal to the first signal processing module (14);

The first optical routing module (13) couples the optical signal from the first digital optical module (12) into an optical fiber link, and simultaneously couples and outputs the optical signal from the optical fiber link to the first digital optical module (12);

The first signal processing module (14) filters and amplifies the digital signal from the first digital optical module (12), so as to convert the digital signal into an analog signal and output the analog signal to the second time delay/phase compensation module (15);

the second time delay/phase compensation module (15) performs time delay/phase adjustment on the frequency signal from the first signal processing module (14) according to the control signal output by the control module (17), and outputs the frequency signal to the time delay/phase extraction module (16);

the time delay/phase extraction module (16) is connected with the frequency source, and compares the signal from the second time delay/phase compensation module (15) with the signal output by the frequency source, so as to extract the time delay/phase of the optical fiber link and the change information thereof and output the time delay/phase and the change information to the control module (17);

the control module (17) generates corresponding control signals according to the optical fiber link delay/phase and the variation information thereof sent by the delay/phase extraction module (16), and outputs the control signals to the first delay/phase compensation module (11) and the second delay/phase compensation module (15) respectively.

3. the high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on the digital optical module as claimed in claim 2, wherein: the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit (2) comprises a second digital optical module (21), a second signal processing module (22) and a second optical routing module (23);

the second digital optical module (21) converts the optical carrier frequency signal from the second optical routing module (23) into a digital electric signal and sends the digital electric signal to the second signal processing module (22); meanwhile, the analog electric signal from the second signal processing module (22) is converted into an optical carrier frequency signal, and the optical carrier frequency signal is looped back to the optical fiber frequency transmitting unit of the central station through the second optical routing module (23);

the second signal processing module (22) converts the digital signal from the second digital optical module (21) into an analog signal through filtering and amplification, and the analog signal is divided into two paths, wherein one path is output to a user, and the other path is returned to the second digital optical module (21);

the second optical routing module (23) receives the optical carrier frequency signal from the optical fiber link and outputs the optical carrier frequency signal to the second digital optical module (21); while coupling a loopback frequency signal from a second digital optical module (21) into the fiber link.

4. The high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on the digital optical module as claimed in claim 1, wherein: the optical fiber link comprises a plurality of bidirectional optical amplification units (3) which are connected in series, and the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit (1) is connected with the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit (2) through the plurality of bidirectional optical amplification units (3) which are connected in series.

5. the high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on the digital optical module as claimed in claim 4, wherein: the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit (1) and the adjacent two-way optical amplifying unit (3), the two adjacent two-way optical amplifying units (3) and the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit (2) and the adjacent two-way optical amplifying unit (3) are connected in a single-fiber two-way transmission mode.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the field of optical fiber time frequency transmission, in particular to a high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on a digital optical module.

Background

the high-precision frequency transmission technology has important application in application scenes such as navigation, communication, electric power, finance and the like, and greatly promotes social development and technical progress. Currently, satellite-based frequency transfer technologies, such as GPS Common View (CV) and two-way satellite time frequency transfer (TWSTFT), can reach 10^-15frequency transfer stability of/d order; although the space-based frequency transmission technology is quite mature, the space-based frequency transmission technology has the defects of complex system, high cost, long realization period, poor safety and capability ofPoor reliability and the like. Optical fiber transmission has the advantages of low loss, large capacity, large bandwidth, high speed, high stability, safety and reliability, and has been widely applied in the field of communication. The problem of high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission that the transmission delay of an optical fiber link changes along with the changes of factors such as temperature, stress, vibration and transmission wavelength is solved, so that the frequency/phase of a transmission frequency signal is jittered. In the last decade, the high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission technology has been widely paid attention and researched, and the reported optical fiber bidirectional frequency transmission technology can meet the application requirement of high precision, but has the defects of high price, no large-scale application, incompatibility with the existing optical communication network and the like.

disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an optical fiber frequency transmission device based on a digital optical module, which can directly utilize the existing commercial optical communication network to carry out high-precision transmission.

The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:

A high-precision optical fiber frequency transmission device based on a digital optical module comprises a central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit and a far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit, wherein the input end of the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit is electrically connected with a frequency source, and the output end of the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit is connected with the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit through an optical fiber link in a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mode to form a single-fiber bidirectional path;

the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit converts a frequency signal from a frequency source into an optical carrier frequency signal, transmits the optical carrier frequency signal to the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit, receives an optical carrier loopback frequency signal from the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit, extracts time delay/phase information between the optical carrier loopback frequency signal and a local frequency signal, and adjusts a time delay/phase compensation value according to the extracted time delay/phase information;

the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit is used for receiving the optical carrier frequency signal sent by the central station optical fiber frequency sending unit, and generating an optical carrier loopback frequency signal according to the optical carrier frequency signal and returning the optical carrier loopback frequency signal to the central station optical fiber frequency sending unit.

further, the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit includes a first delay/phase compensation module, a first digital optical module, a first optical routing module, a first signal processing module, a second delay/phase compensation module, a delay/phase extraction module and a control module;

The first time delay/phase compensation module performs time delay/phase adjustment on a frequency signal from a frequency source according to a control signal output by the control module and outputs the frequency signal to the first digital optical module;

The first digital optical module converts the electric signal from the first time delay/phase compensation module into an optical carrier frequency signal and outputs the optical carrier frequency signal to the first optical routing module, and simultaneously converts the optical carrier frequency signal from the first optical routing module into an electric signal and outputs the electric signal to the first signal processing module;

The first optical routing module couples the optical signal from the first digital optical module into an optical fiber link, and simultaneously couples and outputs the optical signal from the optical fiber link to the first digital optical module;

The first signal processing module filters and amplifies the digital signal from the first digital optical module, so that the digital signal is converted into an analog signal and output to the second time delay/phase compensation module;

the second time delay/phase compensation module performs time delay/phase adjustment on the frequency signal from the first signal processing module according to the control signal output by the control module and outputs the frequency signal to the time delay/phase extraction module;

The time delay/phase extraction module is connected with the frequency source and compares the signal from the second time delay/phase compensation module with the signal output by the frequency source, so as to extract the time delay/phase and the change information of the optical fiber link and output the time delay/phase and the change information to the control module;

The control module generates corresponding control signals according to the optical fiber link time delay/phase information and the change information thereof sent by the time delay/phase extraction module, and outputs the control signals to the first time delay/phase compensation module and the second time delay/phase compensation module respectively.

Further, the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit comprises a second digital optical module, a second signal processing module and a second optical routing module;

the second digital optical module converts the optical carrier frequency signal from the second optical routing module into a digital electric signal and sends the digital electric signal to the second signal processing module; simultaneously, the analog electric signal from the second signal processing module is converted into an optical carrier frequency signal and is looped back to the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit through the second optical routing module;

The second signal processing module converts the digital signal from the second digital optical module into an analog signal through filtering and amplification, and divides the analog signal into two paths, wherein one path is output to a user, and the other path is returned to the second digital optical module;

the second optical routing module receives an optical carrier frequency signal from the optical fiber link and outputs the optical carrier frequency signal to the second digital optical module; while coupling the looped-back frequency signal from the second digital optical module into the optical fiber link.

Furthermore, the optical fiber link comprises a plurality of bidirectional optical amplification units connected in series, and the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit is connected with the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit through the plurality of bidirectional optical amplification units connected in series.

furthermore, the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit and the adjacent bidirectional optical amplifying unit, the two adjacent bidirectional optical amplifying units, and the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit and the adjacent bidirectional optical amplifying unit are connected in a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mode.

Has the advantages that: in the invention, the digital optical module is used for photoelectric conversion and electro-optical conversion, a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mode is adopted, the influence of environmental change on frequency transmission can be effectively avoided, high-precision transmission is realized, the existing commercial optical communication network can be directly utilized for high-precision frequency transmission, the cost performance is high, and the application potential is large.

drawings

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the architecture of a particular embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a fiber frequency transmission unit of a central station;

Fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit.

Detailed Description

the invention will be further explained with reference to the drawings.

in the description of the present invention, unless otherwise specified and limited, it is to be noted that the term "connected" is to be interpreted broadly, and may be, for example, a mechanical connection or an electrical connection, or a communication between two elements, or may be a direct connection or an indirect connection through an intermediate medium, and a specific meaning of the term may be understood by those skilled in the art according to specific situations.

as shown in fig. 1, an embodiment of the present invention includes a central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1, a far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2, and a plurality of bidirectional optical amplifying units 3 connected in series, where an input end of the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 is electrically connected to a frequency source, and an output end is connected to the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2 through an optical fiber link in a single-fiber bidirectional transmission manner, so as to form a single-fiber bidirectional path; the optical fiber link comprises a plurality of bidirectional optical amplification units 3 which are connected in series, and the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 and the adjacent bidirectional optical amplification units 3, the adjacent two bidirectional optical amplification units 3 and the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2 and the adjacent bidirectional optical amplification units 3 are connected in a single-fiber bidirectional transmission mode to form a single-fiber bidirectional channel. The bidirectional optical amplifying unit 3 employs a conventional commercial optical amplifier without an isolator (seeP.Krehlik,A.Czubla,Buczek, and M.Lipi ń ski, "separation of time and RF frequency via a stabilized fibrous link over a distance of 420km," Metrologia, vol.50, pp.133-145,2013 ]. The wavelength of the optical carrier frequency signal transmitted by the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 is 1550.12 nm; the wavelength of the optical carrier loopback frequency signal emitted by the far-end optical fiber frequency unit 2 is 1549.32 nm; the frequency of the output signal of the frequency source is 10 MHz.

As shown in fig. 2, the central station fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 includes a first delay/phase compensation module 11, a first digital optical module 12, a first optical routing module 13, a first signal processing module 14, a second delay/phase compensation module 15, a delay/phase extraction module 16, and a control module 17.

The first delay/phase compensation module 11 performs delay/phase adjustment on the frequency signal from the frequency source according to the control signal output by the control module 17, and outputs the frequency signal to the first digital optical module 12; the first digital optical module 12 converts the electrical signal from the first delay/phase compensation module 11 into an optical carrier frequency signal and outputs the optical carrier frequency signal to the first optical routing module 13, and simultaneously converts the optical carrier frequency signal from the first optical routing module 13 into an electrical signal and outputs the electrical signal to the first signal processing module 14; the first optical routing module 13 couples the optical signal from the first digital optical module 12 into an optical fiber link, and simultaneously couples and outputs the optical signal from the optical fiber link to the first digital optical module 12; the first signal processing module 14 filters and amplifies the digital signal from the first digital optical module 12, so as to convert the digital signal into an analog signal and output the analog signal to the second delay/phase compensation module 15; the second delay/phase compensation module 15 performs delay/phase adjustment on the frequency signal from the first signal processing module 14 according to the control signal output by the control module 17, and outputs the frequency signal to the delay/phase extraction module 16; the delay/phase extraction module 16 is connected to the frequency source, and compares the signal from the second delay/phase compensation module 15 with the signal output by the frequency source, so as to extract the delay/phase information of the optical fiber link and the change information thereof, and output the information to the control module 17; the control module 17 generates corresponding control signals according to the optical fiber link delay/phase information and the variation information thereof sent by the delay/phase extraction module 16, and outputs the corresponding control signals to the first delay/phase compensation module 11 and the second delay/phase compensation module 15 respectively.

As shown in fig. 3, the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2 includes a second digital optical module 21, a second signal processing module 22, and a second optical routing module 23. The second digital optical module 21 converts the optical carrier frequency signal from the second optical routing module 23 into a digital electrical signal, and sends the digital electrical signal to the second signal processing module 22; meanwhile, the analog electrical signal from the second signal processing module 22 is converted into an optical carrier frequency signal, and the optical carrier frequency signal is looped back to the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit through the second optical routing module 23; the second signal processing module 22 converts the digital signal from the second digital optical module 21 into an analog signal through processing such as filtering and amplification, and divides the analog signal into two paths, one path is output to the user, and the other path is returned to the second digital optical module 21; the second optical routing module 23 receives the optical carrier frequency signal from the optical fiber link and outputs the optical carrier frequency signal to the second digital optical module 21; while coupling the looped-back frequency signal from the second digital optical module 21 into the optical fiber link.

the working principle of the embodiment is as follows:

As shown in fig. 1 to fig. 3, after entering the fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 of the central station, a frequency signal output by a frequency source is sent to the first delay/phase compensation module 11 for delay/phase adjustment, then sent to the first digital optical module 12 to be converted into an optical carrier frequency signal, then coupled into an optical fiber link by the first optical routing module 13, sequentially amplified by the plurality of serially connected bidirectional optical amplification units 3, and sent to the far-end fiber frequency receiving unit 2.

The optical carrier frequency signal is received by the second optical routing module 23 of the optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2, then sent to the second digital optical module 21 to be converted into a digital electrical signal, then sent to the second signal processing module 22 to be converted into an analog signal after being processed by filtering, amplification and the like, the analog signal is divided into two paths, one path is output to a user, the other path returns to the second digital optical module 21, the optical carrier frequency signal is converted into an optical carrier loopback frequency signal by the second digital optical module 21, then the optical carrier frequency signal is coupled into an optical fiber link through the second optical routing module 23, and the optical carrier frequency signal is sequentially amplified in the reverse direction by the plurality of serial bidirectional optical amplification units 3 and then is looped back to the optical fiber frequency transmitting.

After being received by the first optical routing module 13 of the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1, the optical carrier loopback frequency signal is sent to the first digital optical module 12 to be converted into a digital electrical signal, then sent to the first signal processing module 14 to be converted into an analog signal after being filtered, amplified and the like, then sent to the second delay/phase compensation module 15 to be subjected to delay/phase adjustment, and then sent to the delay/phase extraction module 16; the delay/phase extraction module 16 compares the signal from the second delay/phase compensation module 15 with the signal output by the frequency source, so as to extract the delay/phase information of the optical fiber link and the change information thereof, and output the information to the control module 17, the control module 17 generates a corresponding control signal according to the delay/phase information of the optical fiber link and the change information thereof sent by the delay/phase extraction module 16, and adjusts the first delay/phase compensation module 11 and the second delay/phase compensation module 15 to perform delay/phase compensation until the delay/phase extraction module 16 outputs a stable signal, so that the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2 receives a high-precision frequency signal.

the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 and the two-way optical amplifying unit 3, the two adjacent two-way optical amplifying units 3 and the two-way optical amplifying unit 3 and the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2 are connected in a single-fiber two-way transmission mode, so that the influence of environmental change on frequency transmission can be effectively avoided.

the number of the bidirectional optical amplification units 3 is determined according to the distance of the optical fiber route between the central station optical fiber frequency transmitting unit 1 and the far-end optical fiber frequency receiving unit 2, the longer the distance of the optical fiber route is, the more the number of the bidirectional optical amplification units 3 is, so as to compensate the loss generated when the optical signal is transmitted in the optical fiber link, and when the distance of the optical fiber route is short, the bidirectional optical amplification units 3 may not be used.

The undescribed parts of the present invention are consistent with the prior art, and are not described herein.

The above description is only an embodiment of the present invention, and not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent structures made by using the contents of the present specification and the drawings can be directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, and are within the scope of the present invention.