The invention discloses an optical carrier suppression
single side band modulation device and method based on a variable
optical coupler. The device comprises a
laser, a first adjustable
optical coupler, an optical
single side band modulation module, a second optical phase shifter and a fourth adjustable
optical coupler. And the first adjustable optical coupler divides the optical carrier into two paths according to a preset proportion, and the two paths are respectively input into the optical
single side band modulation module and the second
branch, so that the power matching of the two paths of carriers is ensured. The optical single
side band modulation module comprises a second adjustable optical coupler, a first optical phase shifter and a third adjustable optical coupler, and accurate splitting ratio control and
phase adjustment are achieved. And the second optical phase shifter performs
phase adjustment on the second
branch optical carrier to enable the second
branch optical carrier to be opposite to the
carrier phase in the modulation
signal, and a high-purity optical carrier suppression single
side band signal is output through combination of a fourth adjustable optical coupler. According to the invention, through cooperative configuration of the multi-stage adjustable device, process errors are effectively overcome, the carrier-to-
sideband suppression ratio and the
system power efficiency are improved, and the method can be applied to the fields of
radio over fiber communication and the like.