Signal processing device and optical receiving device

1. A signal processing device comprising:

a phase controller configured to control respective phases of an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal which are obtained by converting an analog signal into a digital signal when a multi-value phase modulation light is demodulated, by digital signal processing; and

a control amount provider configured to provide a control amount to the phase controller for skew compensation corresponding with the respective phases output by the phase controller, and

wherein the control amount to be provided is determined in accordance with a monitoring result associated with a quality of reproduced data corresponding with the respective phases output by the phase controller.

2. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the phase controller includes a processor which conducts digital signal processing.

3. The signal processing device according to claim 2 , wherein the processor includes a data recovery unit which recovers data based on the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal whose phases are controlled by the phase controller.

4. The signal processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the control amount provider includes a quality monitor which monitors a quality of reproduced data from an output from the data recovery unit, and a control amount determining unit which determines the control amount in the phase controller by using a monitoring result of the quality monitor and which outputs the control amount to the phase controller.

5. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control amount provider includes a skew detector which detects a skew remaining between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal output from the phase controller, and a control amount determining unit which determines the control amount in the phase controller by using a detection result of the skew by the skew detector and which outputs the control amount to the phase controller.

6. The signal processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the control amount provider includes:

a quality monitor configured to monitor a quality of reproduced data from an output from the data recovery unit;

a skew detector configured to detect a skew remaining between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal output from the phase controller; and

a control amount determining unit configured to determine the control amount in the phase controller by using the monitor result of the quality monitor and the detection result of the skew detected by the skew detector and which outputs the control amount to the control amount determining unit.

7. The signal processing device according to claim 3 , wherein the phase controller is a finite impulse response filter having three or more taps.

8. The signal processing device according to claim 7 , comprising a group velocity dispersion compensator which compensates a distortion caused by group velocity dispersion included in the multi-value phase modulation light, and wherein the phase controller and the group velocity dispersion compensation unit are included in a single finite impulse response filter.

9. The signal processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the control amount provider provides, to the phase controller, a control amount by which a skew between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal is compensated by the phase control.

10. The signal processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the multi-value phase modulation light is a light which receives multi-value phase modulation on two polarization components that are mutually orthogonal, wherein the phase controller performs the phase control for each of the polarization components on at least either the corresponding in-phase signal or the quadrature signal, and wherein the control amount provider provides the control amount to the phase controller with respect to the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal obtained on each of the polarization components.

11. The signal processing device according to claim 10 , wherein the control amount provider provides a control amount to compensate a skew generated between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal obtained on each of the polarization components by the phase control, and a skew generated between the polarization components.

12. An optical receiving device comprising:

a receiving unit configured to receive a multi-value phase modulation light and output an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal as an optical signal;

a photoelectric converter configured to convert the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal output from the receiving unit each into an analog electric signal by photoelectric converting processing;

an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal of the analog electric signal each into a digital electric signal;

a phase controller configured to control a phase of the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal which are each converted into the digital electric signal by the analog-to-digital converter;

a processor configured to process data recovery on the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal which receive the phase control by the phase controller; and

a control amount provider configured to provide a control amount to the phase controller for skew compensation corresponding with respective phases output by the phase controller, and

wherein the control amount to be provided is determined in accordance with a monitoring result associated with a quality of reproduced data corresponding with the respective phases output by the phase controller.

13. A signal processing device comprising:

a phase controller configured to control a phase of an in-phase signal and a quadrature signal which are each obtained by analog-to-digital conversion when a multi-value phase modulation light is demodulated, and

a control amount provider configured to provide a control amount to the phase controller for skew compensation corresponding with respective phases output by the phase controller, and

wherein the control amount to be provided is determined in accordance with a monitoring result associated with a quality of reproduced data corresponding with the respective phases output by the phase controller.

14. The signal processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 8 ,

wherein the control amount provider provides, to the phase controller, a control amount by which a skew between the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal is compensated by the phase control, and

wherein the multi-value phase modulation light is a light which receives multi-value phase modulation on two polarization components that are mutually orthogonal, wherein the phase controller performs the phase control for each of the polarization components on at least either the corresponding in-phase signal or the quadrature signal, and wherein the control amount provider provides the control amount to the phase controller with respect to the in-phase signal and the quadrature signal obtained on each of the polarization components.