The invention relates to an optical mixer for reflective coherent receives, belongs to optical devices of
optical fiber communication and solves the problem that existing optical mixers are non-compact in structure and poor in temperature stability. A polarization separator, a 1 / 2 wave plate, a phase shift plate, a first shift
crystal, a 1 / 4 wave plate and a combined reflecting mirror are sequentially arranged along an incident light path, and the 1 / 4 wave plate, the first shift
crystal, the 1 / 2 wave plate and a second shift
crystal are sequentially arranged on a reflecting light path of the combined reflecting mirror, wherein the 1 / 2 wave plate, the first shift crystal and the 1 / 4 wave plate are shared devices. Polarization separating is realized through a polarization separation
prism, 90-degree phase shift is realized through the phase shift plate, safe-phase and orthogonal output light required is obtained by adopting the reflecting structure, birefringent crystals, the 1 / 4 wave plate, the 1 / 2 wave plate and the combined reflecting mirror, and polarization and
phase diversity control is realized. The optical mixer is compact in integral structure, mature in
processing technique of various devices, good in temperature stability and high in polarization
extinction ratio, and can be used for optical
signal coherent modulation by advanced modulation formats and polarization
multiplexing way in the
optical fiber communication.