A coherent optical receiver of the invention combines local oscillator light having orthogonal polarization components in which the optical frequencies are different to each other, and received signal light, in an optical hybrid circuit, and then photoelectrically converts this in two differential photodetectors. Then this is converted to a digital signal in an AD conversion circuit, and computation processing is executed in a digital computing circuit using the digital signal, to estimate received data. At this time, the optical frequency difference between the orthogonal polarization components of the local oscillator light is set so as to be smaller than two times the signal light band width, and larger than a spectrum line width of the signal light source and the local oscillator light source. As a result, it is possible to realize a small size polarization independent coherent optical receiver that is capable of receiving high speed signal light.

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›1.independentA coherent optical receiver that processes received signal light by a coherent reception system, comprising:na local oscillator light generating secti…+4

A coherent optical receiver that processes received signal light by a coherent reception system, comprising:na local oscillator light generating section that generates local oscillator light having orthogonal polarization components in which the optical frequencies are different to each other;a combining section that combines received signal light and local oscillator light output from said local oscillator light generating section;a photoelectric conversion section that converts a light combined in said combining section into an electrical signal;an AD conversion section that converts the electrical signal output from said photoelectric conversion section into a digital signal;a digital computing section that uses a digital signal output from said AD conversion section, to execute computation processing in order to estimate data information included in said received signal light; anda data discrimination section that executes discrimination processing of received data, based on a computation result of said digital computing section,wherein the difference in the optical frequencies between the orthogonal polarization components of said local oscillator light are smaller than two times the band width of said received signal light, and larger than a light source spectrum line width of said received signal light and a light source spectrum line width of said local oscillator light, andin said local oscillator light generating section, a ratio of intensity between said orthogonal polarization components is variable, andsaid local oscillator light generating section comprises:na light source;an orthogonal polarization component section that changes an output light from said light source into the local oscillator light having orthogonal polarization components which have different frequencies;a monitor circuit that monitors the ratio of the intensity between the orthogonal polarization components; andan intensity ratio control circuit that controls the ratio of the intensity between the orthogonal polarization components depending on a monitor result of said monitor circuit and a calculation result of said digital computing section.

›2.↳ 1A coherent optical receiver according to claim 1, wherein one polarization component of said local oscillator light has an optical frequency such that…d2

›3.↳ 1A coherent optical receiver according to claim 1, wherein said orthogonal polarization component section comprises:na polarization beam splitter that …d2

›4.↳ 1A coherent optical receiver according to claim 1, wherein said orthogonal polarization component section comprises:na polarization rotator that rotate…d2

›5.↳ 1A coherent optical receiver according to claim 1, wherein said orthogonal polarization component section comprises:nan acousto-optic polarization mode…d2

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Section H — Electricity

H04B10/06

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398/205398/213398/202398/206398/204398/152

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