OPTICAL RECEPTION DEVICE AND OPTICAL RECEPTION METHOD

1 . An optical reception device comprising:

a reception circuit that performs digital coherent reception of an optical signal to which a probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) is applied;

a conversion circuit that samples an electric field signal in an analog format that represents an optical electric field component of the optical signal and converts the electric field signal into a digital signal in a digital format;

a detection circuit that detects a sampling phase of the digital signal and generates sampling phase information that corresponds to the sampling phase;

a compensation circuit that compensates for the sampling phase of the digital signal based on the sampling phase information; and

an adjustment circuit that adjusts signal intensity of the digital signal before the sampling phase information is generated.

2 . The optical reception device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a control circuit that sets an adjustment value that increases the signal intensity in the adjustment circuit and releases the adjustment value after the sampling phase information is notified from the detection circuit to the compensation circuit,

wherein the adjustment circuit is provided in a preceding stage of the compensation circuit and adjusts the signal intensity based on the adjustment value.

3 . The optical reception device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a control circuit that sets an adjustment value that increases the signal intensity in the adjustment circuit,

wherein the adjustment circuit is provided in a non-demodulation path arranged between the compensation circuit and the detection circuit independently of a demodulation path that demodulates the digital signal, and adjusts the signal intensity based on the adjustment value.

4 . The optical reception device according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit acquires the digital signal from the non-demodulation path, detects the signal intensity of the acquired digital signal, and sets the adjustment value that corresponds to the detected signal intensity in the adjustment circuit.

5 . The optical reception device according to claim 3 , wherein the control circuit acquires phase detection sensitivity of the sampling phase from the detection circuit, and sets the adjustment value that corresponds to the acquired phase detection sensitivity in the adjustment circuit.

6 . The optical reception device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection circuit detects the sampling phase based on a phase detection method that includes a Gardner system.

7 . An optical reception method comprising:

performing digital coherent reception of an optical signal to which a probabilistic constellation shaping (PCS) is applied;

sampling an electric field signal in an analog format that represents an optical electric field component of the optical signal;

converting the electric field signal into a digital signal in a digital format;

detecting a sampling phase of the digital signal;

generating sampling phase information that corresponds to the sampling phase;

compensating for the sampling phase of the digital signal based on the sampling phase information; and

adjusting signal intensity of the digital signal before the sampling phase information is generated.

8 . The optical reception method according to claim 7 , wherein, in the processing of detecting the sampling phase, the sampling phase is detected based on a phase detection method that includes a Gardner system.