An optical device includes: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; an optical modulating unit provided in the substrate, at the first surface, the optical modulating unit having a plurality of electrodes for modulating an optical signal; a plurality of vias extending in a thickness direction of the substrate and connected to a plurality of ground electrodes included in the plurality of electrodes; and a second-surface electrode provided at the second surface of the substrate and connected to the plurality of vias.
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
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An optical device includes a first chip and a second chip that has a material having a high electro-optic effect. The first chip includes a first waveguide propagating a beam from a first port, a first branched waveguide propagating the beam from the first waveguide, a turned-back parallel waveguide connecting with the first branched waveguide, and a first parallel waveguide propagating the beam from the turned-back parallel waveguide. The first chip includes a second waveguide propagating a beam from a second port, a second branched waveguide propagating the beam from the second waveguide, and a phase adjustor adjusting a phase of the beam propagating in the first branched waveguide. The second chip includes a second parallel waveguide coupling the first parallel waveguide and the second branched waveguide, and a phase modulator adjusting a phase of the beam propagating in the second parallel waveguide.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
An optical modulator element includes, on a substrate, an optical branching portion and an optical multiplexing portion each of which includes a first material, two optical waveguide arms each of which connects the optical branching portion and the optical multiplexing portion, and electrodes that apply an electrical signal to the two optical waveguide arms waveguide. Each optical waveguides of the two optical waveguide arms includes a first optical waveguide that includes the first material, a second optical waveguide that includes a second material that has a higher electro-optical effect than the first material, and a transition portion that performs an optical transition between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide. The substrate includes a hollow portion in which all or a part of the substrate located below the second optical waveguide in a plan view has been removed.
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
H04B 10/516 - Détails du codage ou de la modulation
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL RECEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSMITTER
An optical device includes a first waveguide, and a second waveguide including a region overlapping part of the first waveguide in a vertical direction. The first waveguide includes a first tapered portion, and a second tapered portion that is connected with the end point of the first tapered portion. The second waveguide includes a third waveguide, a fourth waveguide extending along the third waveguide, a first structure in a region overlapping the second tapered portion, the first structure having the third waveguide and the fourth waveguide each increasing in waveguide width as distance from the end point of the first tapered portion increases, and a second structure in a region that is outside the region overlapping the second tapered portion and that is opposite to a region where the first tapered portion is, the second structure having the third waveguide and the fourth waveguide separate from each other.
A 90-degree hybrid circuit includes a first and a second waveguide in each of which signal light split by a first coupler propagates. The circuit includes a third and a fourth waveguide in each of which local oscillator light split by a second coupler propagates, and a third coupler that multiplexes the signal light propagated through the first waveguide and the local oscillator light propagated through the third waveguide. The circuit includes a fourth coupler that multiplexes the signal light propagated through the second waveguide and the local oscillator light propagated through the fourth waveguide, and a phase adjustor that adjusts a phase of light propagating through at least one waveguide from among the first to the fourth waveguides. A first total value of optical lengths of the first and the fourth waveguide is shorter than a second total value of optical lengths of the second and the third waveguide.
G02B 6/293 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux avec des moyens de sélection de la longueur d'onde
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OPTICAL SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, OPTICAL RECEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
An optical semiconductor device includes: a first semiconductor layer having a first bandgap; and a second semiconductor layer having a second bandgap that is smaller than the first bandgap and formed on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer includes a first conductive region with a first polarity, a second conductive region with a second polarity, and a first non-conductive region provided between the first conductive region and the second conductive region. The second semiconductor layer includes a third conductive region with the first polarity, and a second non-conductive region. The third conductive region is in contact with the first conductive region and the first non-conductive region. The second non-conductive region is in contact with at least one of the second conductive region and the first non-conductive region without being in contact with the first conductive region.
H01L 31/109 - Dispositifs sensibles au rayonnement infrarouge, visible ou ultraviolet caractérisés par une seule barrière de potentiel ou de surface la barrière de potentiel étant du type PN à hétérojonction
H01L 31/028 - Matériaux inorganiques comprenant, à part les matériaux de dopage ou autres impuretés, uniquement des éléments du groupe IV de la classification périodique
H01L 31/0352 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails caractérisés par leurs corps semi-conducteurs caractérisés par leur forme ou par les formes, les dimensions relatives ou la disposition des régions semi-conductrices
An optical device includes a waveguide in which light is guided and that has electro-optical effect and thermo-optical effect, and a heater electrode that is arranged on one of side surfaces of the waveguide and that heats the waveguide. The optical device includes a parallel electrode that is arranged on the other of the side surfaces of the waveguide, that is electrically connected to the heater electrode, and that has high resistance as compared with the heater electrode.
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
G02B 6/287 - Structuration des guides de lumière pour former des éléments optiques par application de chaleur
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
G02B 6/43 - Dispositions comprenant une série d'éléments opto-électroniques et d'interconnexions optiques associées
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
An optical device has a first chip including a first waveguide and a first electrode, and a second chip mounted on the first chip and including a second waveguide and a second electrode. The second waveguide has an electro-optic effect higher than an electro-optic effect of the first waveguide and has a return structure that places an end of the second waveguide at an end face of the second chip. The second waveguide has been optically coupled to the first waveguide at the end face. The second electrode has a return structure that places an end of the second electrode at the end face, and the second electrode and the first electrode are electrically connected to each other in an area where the end of the second electrode has been placed.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL RECEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
An optical device includes a first edge coupler that is connected to a polarization multiplexer-demultiplexer and that makes contact with an end face and a second edge coupler that is connected to an optical hybrid circuit and that makes contact with the end face. The optical device includes a first taper portion that directs light from the end face and that is contained in the first edge coupler and a second taper portion that directs light from the end face and that is contained in the second edge coupler. The second taper portion has a structure in which a taper angle of the second taper portion with respect to the end face is smaller than a taper angle of the first taper portion with respect to the end face.
H01S 3/10 - Commande de l'intensité, de la fréquence, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction du rayonnement, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte, modulation ou démodulation
An optical device includes a photoelectric conversion element provided on a substrate, and a single mode fiber configured to guide light input to and output from the photoelectric conversion element toward a first direction perpendicular or obliquely upward with respect to the substrate or from the first direction. The single mode fiber has a curved portion that curves with a predetermined radius of curvature. The curved portion converts a propagating direction of the light between the first direction and a second direction that is different from the first direction, and radiates a higher order mode.
An optical device is an optical device that is formed on a wafer. The optical device includes an optical circuit, a grating coupler, and an optical switch that includes a first port that is connected to the grating coupler, a second port that is connected to the optical circuit, and a third port that is connected to a loop mirror by way of a phase shifter.
An optical device includes an optical element and an optical fiber block. The optical element includes an optical waveguide, a first end face on which an end face of the optical waveguide is disposed, and a second end face protruding from the first end face. The optical fiber block includes an optical fiber, a third end face on which an end face of the optical fiber is disposed, and a fourth end face recessed from the third end face. In the optical device, in a state where the second end face and the fourth end face are fixed so as to be in contact with each other, the first end face and the third end face are connected by butt coupling to optically couple the end face of the optical waveguide and the end face of the optical fiber.
An optical modulator includes an electro-optic layer including an electro-optic material, and a material layer arranged below the electro-optic layer and having a dielectric constant lower than a dielectric constant of the electro-optic layer. The optical modulator includes a core layer arranged below the material layer and having a refractive index higher than refractive indices of the electro-optic layer and the material layer, and an electrode that applies an electric signal to the electro-optic layer. The refractive index of the material layer is 0.85 times the refractive index of the electro-optic layer or higher.
G02F 1/03 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
An optical integrated device includes a first chip including an optical circuit, and a second chip including an optical waveguide including a material with an electro-optic effect larger than the electro-optic effect of a material of the first chip. In the optical integrated device, the first chip is mounted in a trench formed on the second chip, and the first chip is optically coupled to the second chip by butt coupling.
G02B 6/43 - Dispositions comprenant une série d'éléments opto-électroniques et d'interconnexions optiques associées
G02B 6/126 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré utilisant des effets de polarisation
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
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OPTICAL DETECTOR, OPTICAL RECEIVER, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
An optical detector includes a photodetector that converts signal light into an electric signal, and a mode filter. The photodetector includes a first port to which signal light of a first mode is input, and a second port to which signal light of a second mode is input. The mode filter includes a third port connected to the first port, and a fourth port connected to the second port. The mode filter passes the signal light of the first mode towards the first port to be output from the third port, passe the signal light of the second mode towards the second port to be output from the fourth port, removes the signal light of the second mode from the first port input from the third port, and removes the signal light of the first mode from the second port input from the fourth port.
An optical module includes a first component, a second component, and an FPC that electrically connects the first component and the second component. The FPC includes a signal pad, a ground pad, a signal line, a ground pattern, a first coverlay including a first protrusion part, and a second coverlay including a second protrusion part. The first protrusion part covers a region on the FPC where the signal line is disposed, and protrudes at a location where the signal pad is disposed, toward an end part of the FPC on the first component side than the region where the signal line is disposed. The second protrusion part protrudes at a location where the signal pad is disposed, toward an end part of the FPC on the first component side, and covers a region on the ground pattern facing at least the signal pad.
H05K 1/18 - Circuits imprimés associés structurellement à des composants électriques non imprimés
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
H01R 12/62 - Connexions fixes pour circuits imprimés flexibles, câbles plats ou à rubans ou structures similaires se raccordant à des circuits imprimés rigides ou à des structures similaires
An optical device includes a first channel waveguide, a second channel waveguide, a slab generator, and a rib waveguide connected to the slab generator. The second channel waveguide includes a first connection connected to the first channel waveguide and a second connection connected to the slab generator, and the second channel waveguide is wider at the second connection than at the first connection. A slab region of the slab generator includes a third connection connected to the rib waveguide, and the slab region widens from the second connection of the second channel waveguide toward the third connection. The effective refractive indexes of the waveguide modes at the first connection are larger in the order of TE0, TM0, and TE1, meanwhile the effective refractive indexes of the waveguide modes at the second and third connections are larger in the order of TE0, TE1, and TM0.
An optical device includes an optical waveguide that is constituted of a cladding and a core formed on a substrate. The optical waveguide includes an input waveguide, an attenuator section that is connected to the input waveguide, a removing section that is connected to the attenuator section, and an output waveguide that is connected to the removing section. The attenuator section is configured to have more waveguide modes that are guided on a cross section perpendicular to a traveling direction of light in a connecting portion connected to the removing section compared to a connecting portion connected to the input waveguide. The removing section is configured to have less waveguide modes that are guided on a cross section perpendicular to a traveling direction of light in a connecting portion connected to the output waveguide compared to a connecting portion connected to the attenuator section.
A device includes an emitter that emits transmission light with P polarization, a receiver that receives reception light, a transmission port that outputs the transmission light, a reception port that inputs the reception light, and an adjuster that polarizes the reception light received to S polarization. The device includes a filter that outputs the transmission light with P polarization received from the emitter by allowing the transmission light to propagate through inside a propagation path, and that outputs the reception light with S polarization received from the adjuster by allowing the reception light to propagate through inside the path. The device includes a polarizer that is arranged between the filter and the emitter and between the filter and the receiver, outputs the transmission light with P polarization received from the emitter to the filter, and outputs the reception light with S polarization received from the filter to the receiver.
An optical modulator element includes a rib optical waveguide, a first thin film, a first high-concentration doped region, and a first metal electrode. The rib optical waveguide includes a rib portion having a PN junction, a P-type slab region connected to a P-type region of the rib portion, and an N-type slab region connected to an N-type region of the rib portion. The first thin film is formed on the P-type slab region and has electron affinity different from electron affinity of a material for the P-type slab region. The first high-concentration doped region is a region in the P-type slab region, the region being at a position separate from the rib portion. The first metal electrode is electrically connected to the first high-concentration doped region positioned outward in the P-type slab region having the first thin film formed over the P-type slab region.
G02F 1/025 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des éléments à semi-conducteurs ayant des barrières de potentiel, p. ex. une jonction PN ou PIN dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/015 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des éléments à semi-conducteurs ayant des barrières de potentiel, p. ex. une jonction PN ou PIN
H04B 10/43 - Émetteurs-récepteurs utilisant un seul composant en tant que source lumineuse et récepteur, p. ex. utilisant un photoémetteur comme photorécepteur
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An optical device includes a substrate, a first layer provided on the substrate on a side away from the substrate, a second layer provided on the substrate on a side closer to the substrate, and a third layer provided between the first layer and the second layer. The optical device includes a first waveguide arranged in the first layer, a second waveguide arranged in the second layer, a third waveguide arranged in the third layer, and a fourth waveguide arranged between the second layer and the substrate. The third waveguide is arranged at a position in which at least the first waveguide and a part of the second waveguide are overlapped in a surface direction of the substrate, and has a structure in which a width of the third waveguide is set to be narrower than a width of each of the first waveguide and the second waveguide.
An optical device includes a substrate, a trench that is formed on the substrate, an optical waveguide that is formed on the substrate and that is connected to a first side surface of the trench, and a lens that is arranged on the first side surface included in the trench and that is connected to the optical waveguide. Furthermore, the optical device includes an optical fiber that is secured, by an adhesive, to a chip end surface that is located adjacent to a second side surface that is located opposite the first side surface included in the trench.
An optical device has an optical modulator element and an optical receiver element. The optical modulator element includes a first optical waveguide extending to a first end face, a first inter-element waveguide extending to a second end face, and an optical modulator including an electro-optic material. The optical receiver element includes a second optical waveguide extending to a third end face, a second inter-element waveguide extending to a fourth end face, an optical receiver, and a polarization element. In the optical device, the first inter-element waveguide and the second inter-element waveguide have been connected to each other by being butted against each other.
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSCEIVING DEVICE, AND OPTICAL TRANSCEIVER
An optical device includes a substrate having an optical waveguide formed on a substrate surface, a buffer layer that is laminated on the optical waveguide, an electrode that is formed on the buffer layer, an insulating layer that covers the electrode, and an adhesion layer that is formed between the electrode and the insulating layer.
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION APPARATUS
An optical device has a waveguide circuit, a transmitter that transmits transmitted light to the waveguide circuit, and a receiver that receives received light from the waveguide circuit. The waveguide circuit has an optical waveguide, a wavelength combiner and splitter, and a mode filter. The optical waveguide includes a first port where the transmitted light output from the transmitter is input to and a second port where the transmitted light is output from, guides the transmitted light, and guides the received light input from the second port. The wavelength combiner and splitter is arranged in the optical waveguide between the first port and the second port. The mode filter removes a higher-order mode of the received light input by use of the wavelength combiner and splitter and includes a third port that outputs the received light having the higher-order mode removed from the received light, to the receiver.
An optical device includes a rib optical waveguide formed on a substrate, a P doped region formed in one of slab regions of the rib optical waveguide, an N doped region formed in the other one of the slab regions of the rib optical waveguide, a first electrode connected to the P doped region, a second electrode connected to the N doped region, and an optical absorption structure. The optical absorption structure implements optical absorption of signal light passing through the rib optical waveguide according to an electric current that flows between the first electrode and the second electrode, and makes, in the optical absorption, the signal light passing through an optical input portion of the rib optical waveguide lower in optical attenuation rate than the signal light passing through at least part of the rib optical waveguide, the part excluding the optical input portion.
G02F 1/025 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des éléments à semi-conducteurs ayant des barrières de potentiel, p. ex. une jonction PN ou PIN dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/03 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMITTER DEVICE, AND OPTICAL RECEIVER DEVICE
An optical device includes a core formed on a substrate, a cladding layer covering the core, and a passivation layer formed on the cladding layer. The optical device includes a spot size converter that causes an increase in spot size of a light, which is guided through the core, toward end portion of the substrate. The passivation layer has a higher material refractive index than the cladding layer, and is formed in region excluding at least upper portion of the spot size converter.
A substrate type optical waveguide element includes a bent waveguide that guides a basic mode, that converts an unneeded mode other than the basic mode to a slab mode, and that is a rib type. Furthermore, the substrate type optical waveguide element includes a removing portion that is arranged at an outer circumferential portion of the bent waveguide, and that removes, from the bent waveguide, the slab mode converted in the bent waveguide.
An optical device includes a first layer, a second layer, two first waveguides arranged in a side by side manner in the first layer; two second waveguides arranged in a side by side manner in the second layer, and a third waveguide arranged between the first waveguides and between the second waveguides. The first waveguide includes a first tapered waveguide and a second tapered waveguide. The third waveguide includes a third tapered waveguide that is disposed side by side with the second tapered waveguides. The first tapered waveguide has a width that is gradually narrower as the first tapered waveguide is away from a joining point with the second tapered waveguide. The second tapered waveguide has a width that is gradually narrower as the second tapered waveguide is away from a joining point with the first tapered waveguide. The third tapered waveguide has a width that is gradually wider.
An optical device includes a heater electrode that heats an optical waveguide, an electrode that has larger conductivity than conductivity of the heater electrode, and a via that electrically connects the heater electrode and the electrode. The heater electrode includes a connection portion that is connected to the via and that has a large electrode width, and a main body that has a thinner electrode width than the electrode width of the connection portion. The via is located on a center line of the heater electrode and includes a via end portion at a side of the main body, where the via end portion is configured to diffuse electric current that flows between the via and the heater electrode.
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, AND OPTICAL RECEPTION APPARATUS
An optical device includes a first waveguide that inputs first signal light with a first optical characteristic, and a first convertor that converts the first signal light that travels from the first waveguide into second signal light with a second optical characteristic. The device includes an optical circuit, when the converted second signal light passes through the circuit, performs first optical processing on the second signal light. The device includes a second convertor that converts the second signal light that travels from the circuit and that is subjected to the first processing into third signal light with the first characteristic. The optical device includes the circuit that, when the converted third signal light passes through the circuit, performs second optical processing on the third signal light, and a second waveguide that outputs the third signal light that travels from the circuit and that is subjected to the second processing.
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OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT MODULE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
An optical integrated circuit module includes an optical integrated circuit element that includes as optical waveguide that is made by using an organic electro-optical material, and a cover that seals, as vacuum sealing, at least the optical waveguide that is disposed on the optical integrated circuit element. In addition, the optical integrated circuit module includes an oxygen getter that is provided in an inner part of the cover and that absorbs oxygen contained in the inner part of the cover.
An optical chip includes a chip area located on a wafer, and an optical circuit arranged in the chip area. The optical chip includes a first waveguide that is connected to a first operational fiber, a second waveguide, and a first coupler that includes a first port that is connected to the first waveguide and the second waveguide and a second port that is connected to the optical circuit. Furthermore, the optical chip includes a first trench that is formed on a surface of the chip area, that is connected to the second waveguide, and in which a first test purpose fiber is inserted.
An optical amplifier includes a first path and a second path, and an amplification unit that is arranged on one of the first path and the second path. The amplifier includes a first switch that is arranged on an input stage of the amplification unit, and that switches a third path that connects between the first path and the amplification unit or a fourth path that connects between the second path and the amplification unit. The amplifier includes a second switch that is arranged on an output stage of the amplification unit and that switches a fifth path that connects between the first path and the amplification unit or a sixth path that connects between the second path and the amplification unit. The first switch switches the third path over to the fourth path, and the second switch switches the fifth path to the sixth path.
H04B 10/291 - Répéteurs dans lesquels le traitement ou l’amplification est effectuée sans conversion de la forme optique du signal
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OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
An optical device includes two first waveguides arranged side by side, and a single second waveguide arranged so as to be side by side with and away from the first waveguides. The first waveguide includes first tapered waveguide and second tapered waveguide. The second waveguide includes a third tapered waveguide and a third waveguide. The first tapered waveguide is constituted such that width is wider as the first tapered waveguide is closer to the second tapered waveguide. The second tapered waveguide is constituted such that width is narrower as the second tapered waveguide is farther away from the first tapered waveguide. The third tapered waveguide is constituted such that width is wider as the third tapered waveguide is closer to the third waveguide. The first waveguide has a structure constituted such that first gap between the two first waveguides is made wider than second gap between the two first waveguides.
An optical device includes a generator, a light emitter, a modulator, an optical amplifier, a current source, a storage, and a controller. The generator generates an electric signal of a multilevel amplitude modulation method. The light emitter emits laser light. The modulator modulates the laser light using the electric signal and outputs an optical signal. The optical amplifier optically amplifies the modulated optical signal according to a drive current. The current source adjusts the drive current to be supplied to the optical amplifier. The storage previously stores an information with respect to input-output characteristics of the optical signal in the optical amplifier relative to drive current value of the drive current. The controller acquires, from the storage, the input-output characteristics corresponding to the drive current value of the drive current supplied to the optical amplifier and controls the electric signal based on the acquired input-output characteristics.
H01S 5/0683 - Stabilisation des paramètres de sortie du laser en surveillant les paramètres optiques de sortie
H01S 5/04 - Procédés ou appareils pour l'excitation, p. ex. pompage
H01S 5/06 - Dispositions pour commander les paramètres de sortie du laser, p. ex. en agissant sur le milieu actif
H01S 5/062 - Dispositions pour commander les paramètres de sortie du laser, p. ex. en agissant sur le milieu actif en faisant varier le potentiel des électrodes
An optical module includes a case that contains a built-in optical component related to optical communication, a built-in electronic component, and a built-in temperature sensor that detects temperature of at least one of the optical component and the electronic component. Furthermore, the optical module includes a flow channel that is formed on at least one of surfaces of the case, that extends in a longitudinal direction of the case, and through which air flows.
An optical semiconductor device includes a first optical device formed on a silicon substrate having a first surface, and a second optical device including a compound semiconductor, mounted on the first optical device, and having a second surface facing the first surface. The first optical device includes a first protrusion that protrudes toward the second surface, and a portion of the second surface makes contact with the first protrusion. In a plan view, the first protrusion is located on an inner side of an outer edge of the second optical device.
An optical device includes a substrate that includes a substrate-side electrode, and a chip that includes N active layers and a chip-side electrode that is mounted on the substrate-side electrode. From among bumps that are disposed side by side with an Nth layer on both sides of a surface that is located opposite the Nth layer and that is included in the substrate-side electrode, bumps located at a position farther away from the center of gravity of all of the bumps are defined as first bumps, and bumps located at a position closer to the center of gravity are defined as second bumps. In at least one combination of the first bump and the second bump, the first bump and the second bump are arranged on the substrate-side electrode such that a distance between the first bump and the surface is longer than a distance between the second bump and the surface.
An optical modulator includes a first shifter and a second shifter. The first shifter includes a first waveguide through which first light passes, and a first electrode that causes power according to a drive voltage to act on the first waveguide. The first shifter shifts a phase of the first light passing through the first waveguide in accordance with the drive voltage applied to the first electrode. The second shifter includes a second waveguide through which second light passes, and a second electrode that causes power according to a drive voltage to act on the second waveguide. The second shifter shifts a phase of the second light passing through the second waveguide in accordance with the drive voltage applied to the second electrode. The second shifter is constituted to have a smaller amount of phase shift according to a predetermined amount of drive voltage than the first shifter.
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A device includes a waveguide, an electrode that has a coplanar structure, and an interaction unit that is constituted such that the interaction unit is inserted into a slot of the waveguide, that is formed using an electro-optical polymer, and that acts on light passing through the waveguide according to a voltage received from the electrode. The device includes an excessive length unit that extends to an input side and an output side of the interaction unit and that is formed using the electro-optical polymer, and an other waveguide that is not connected to the waveguide and that is formed by inserting the excessive length unit into the slot located between a first doped layer that is connected to a ground electrode disposed parallel to the excessive length unit and a second doped layer that is connected to a signal electrode disposed parallel to the excessive length unit.
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULATOR, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
An optical device includes a slot waveguide, and an electrode that has a coplanar structure including a signal electrode and a ground electrode disposed parallel to the slot waveguide. Furthermore, the optical device includes a plurality of electro-optical polymers each of which is inserted into a slot provided in the slot waveguide in a split state, and a bridge that is disposed in a boundary region located between the split electro-optical polymers and that electrically connects the ground electrode and another ground electrode.
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An optical device includes an input waveguide and an output waveguide. The optical device includes an interference region that includes an input unit optically coupled with the input waveguide, that includes an output unit optically coupled with the output waveguide, and that has a larger waveguide width than a waveguide width of the input waveguide and a waveguide width of the output waveguide. Further, the optical device includes an unnecessary light waveguide that is included in the output unit in the interference region and that is arranged parallel to the output waveguide. The unnecessary light waveguide is a single-mode waveguide that includes a rib portion and a slab portion with a smaller thickness than a thickness of the rib portion, and that guides only a fundamental mode of light.
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G02B 6/125 - Courbures, branchements ou intersections
G02B 6/293 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux avec des moyens de sélection de la longueur d'onde
An optical device includes an optical amplifier that optically amplifies incident light, a first isolator that is arranged on an input stage of the optical amplifier and inputs the incident light to the optical amplifier, and a second isolator that is arranged on an output stage of the optical amplifier and receives input of incident light that has been optically amplified by the optical amplifier. The first isolator inputs, to the optical amplifier, first linearly-polarized incident light that is converted from randomly-polarized incident light and that has been transmitted. The second isolator, when reflected light of the first linearly-polarized incident light that has been optically amplified by the optical amplifier is input from a reverse direction, converts reflected light of the first linearly-polarized incident light to reflected light of second linearly-polarized light that is orthogonal to the reflected light of the first linearly-polarized incident light.
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1An optical device includes a substrate, a dielectric substance that is laminated on the substrate, an optical waveguide that is surrounded by the dielectric substance, and a heater electrode that is disposed on the optical waveguide and that is surrounded by the dielectric substance. The optical waveguide is a rib type optical waveguide that includes a slab and a rib on the slab, that is located below the heater electrode, and that has a structure in which a width of the slab is less than or equal to 11 times a width of the rib.
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PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION MODULE
An optical transmission module includes a photonic integrated circuit, a processor that controls the power state of the photonic integrated circuit, and a current source circuit that supplies electric current to a light source used for the photonic integrated circuit. The photonic integrated circuit has an optical multiplexer block including a plurality of multiplexers connected in a n-level tree structure (n is an integer greater than 1), 2{circumflex over ( )}n optical modulators connected to inputs of the optical multiplexer block, and a photodetector connected to an input or an output of each of the plurality of the multiplexers. The light source emits a light beam to be incident onto a corresponding one of the 2{circumflex over ( )}n optical multiplexers. The processor controls the current source circuit for each of the plurality of the multiplexers, based on the monitored value acquired from the photodetector provided to each of the plurality of the multiplexers.
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H04B 10/80 - Aspects optiques concernant l’utilisation de la transmission optique pour des applications spécifiques non prévues dans les groupes , p. ex. alimentation par faisceau optique ou transmission optique dans l’eau
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OPTICAL DEVICE, SUBSTRATE TYPE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND INTER-WAVEGUIDE TRANSITION METHOD
An optical device includes a transition unit in which a first waveguide and a second waveguide are disposed in an overlapped manner such that a magnitude relationship of an effective refractive index between the vertical modes propagating the first waveguide and the vertical modes propagating the second waveguide is inverted at the positions of input and output. The transition unit allows, at the input, the second waveguide to be a single mode waveguide and allows, at the output, the second waveguide to be a multi-mode waveguide through which TM0 light in the maximum vertical mode and light in a higher-order mode propagate. The optical device includes a removing unit that allows the second waveguide to be a single mode waveguide through which the TM0 light propagates by removing the light in the higher-order mode from the light received from the transition unit.
A wavelength tunable laser device includes: a first mirror; a second mirror; an optical amplifier provided between the first mirror and the second mirror; a wavelength tunable filter provided between the first mirror and the second mirror; and an optical waveguide coupling the optical amplifier and the wavelength tunable filter. The optical waveguide includes a first waveguide formed with a first width and a second waveguide formed with a second width wider than the first width.
An optical device includes an optical coupler that inputs an optical signal received from a light source, a semiconductor optical amplifier that amplifies the optical signal received from the optical coupler, and a light receiving element that receives spontaneous emission light received from the semiconductor optical amplifier. The optical coupler includes a first input port to which the optical signal received from the light source is input, a second input port that is connected to an input stage of the light receiving element and that is different from the first input, and an output port that is connected to an input stage of the semiconductor optical amplifier, and that outputs optical signal received from the first input port to the semiconductor optical amplifier. The light receiving element receives, via the output port and the second input port, spontaneous emission light received from the semiconductor optical amplifier.
An optical 90-degree hybrid includes two splitters, two combiners and four arm waveguides that connect output ports of the splitters and input ports of the combiners. Each of the splitters, the arm waveguides, and the combiners is a part of an optical waveguide. The optical waveguide is configured so that the phase error generated in the splitters due to wavelength change is suppressed by the phase error generated in the arm waveguides due to the wavelength change. The optical waveguide is further configured so that the phase error generated in the splitters due to deviation of a structure parameter from a certain value (e.g., design value) is suppressed by the phase error generated in the arm waveguides due to the deviation.
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OPTICAL DEVICE THAT IS FORMED ON OPTICAL INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP
An optical device is formed on an optical integrated circuit (IC) chip. The optical device includes: an optical circuit, a first grating coupler, a second grating coupler, a first 1×2 coupler, and a second 1×2 coupler. The first 1×2 coupler is equipped with a first optical port provided at a single-port end and a second optical port and a third optical port provided at a two-port end. The second 1×2 coupler is equipped with a fourth optical port provided at a single-port end and a fifth optical port and a sixth optical port provided at a two-port end. The first grating coupler is coupled to the first optical port. The second optical port is coupled to the optical circuit. The third optical port is coupled to the fourth optical port. The fifth optical port is coupled to the second grating coupler.
An optical device includes a substrate, a first cladding layer that is laminated on one surface of the substrate, and a first optical waveguide that is formed in the first cladding layer at a side opposite to the substrate in the first cladding layer. The optical device further includes an electro-optic crystal layer that is laminated on a surface of the first cladding layer at a side opposite to the substrate, and a second optical waveguide that is formed of the electro-optic crystal layer on a surface of the electro-optic crystal layer at a side opposite to the first cladding layer. The optical device further includes a second cladding layer that is laminated on a surface of the electro-optic crystal layer at a side opposite to the first cladding layer.
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Optical device and optical communication apparatus
An optical device includes an electro-optic crystal layer, a first optical waveguide formed in the electro-optic crystal layer, and an electrode that applies an electric signal to the first optical waveguide. Further, the optical device includes a second optical waveguide in an amorphous state formed in the electro-optic crystal layer and connected to the first optical waveguide.
H04B 10/00 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p. ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p. ex. les communications quantiques
H04B 10/25 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission par fibres
An optical waveguide device includes a slot groove formed in a substrate; a pair of electrodes disposed in the slot groove; an electro-optic polymer material in the slot groove; and a step portion formed at an outer side of the slot groove, in a length direction of the slot groove.
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OPTICAL MODULATOR, PHASE SHIFTER, AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
An optical modulator includes an optical waveguide through which signal light passes, a split unit that splits the signal light that passes through the optical waveguide, and a pair of phase shifters each of which shifts a phase of signal light that is split by the split unit. Each of the phase shifters includes an in-shifter waveguide through which the signal light passes, and a heater electrode that heats the in-shifter waveguide in accordance with a driving voltage. The in-shifter waveguide includes an inbound waveguide for inputting the signal light coming from the split unit, an outbound waveguide for outputting the signal light, a folded waveguide that connects the inbound waveguide and the outbound waveguide. The heater electrode is arranged in the vicinity of the inbound waveguide and the outbound waveguide.
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An optical coherent transceiver includes a transmitter and a receiver that share laser light. The transmitter includes a pair of parent MZIs in a modulator, which are parent MZIs configured to perform quadrature modulation on the laser light according to a bias voltage, and two pairs of child MZIs in the modulator, which are child MZIs configured to perform phase modulation on the laser light according to the bias voltage. The transmitter includes a control circuit configured to control the bias voltage to be applied to the parent MZIs and the child MZIs. The control circuit is configured to, when turning light output of the transmitter off, with input of a data signal being set off, control the bias voltage such that a phase difference between the parent MZIs is around 90 degrees and a phase difference between the child MZIs in each of the pairs is 180 degrees.
An optical receiver includes an optical amplifier that amplifies a received optical signal containing multiple wavelengths, a monitor circuit that monitors light intensities of the demultiplexed optical signal, a processor, and a memory having information representing a relationship between a total incident light intensity of the optical signal incident onto the optical amplifier and gains of the optical amplifier for the respective wavelengths. The processor repeats first calculation for determining the gains of the respective wavelengths from the memory, based on a drive current for driving the optical amplifier and an estimation value of the total incident light intensity of the optical signal, second calculation for calculating the incident light intensities of the respective wavelengths of the optical signal based on the gains and the monitored light intensities, and third calculation to calculate the total incident light intensity of the optical signal, until the total incident light intensity converges.
H04B 10/079 - Dispositions pour la surveillance ou le test de systèmes de transmissionDispositions pour la mesure des défauts de systèmes de transmission utilisant un signal en service utilisant des mesures du signal de données
An optical device includes a substrate, a dielectric substance laminated on the substrate, an optical waveguide surrounded by the dielectric substance, a heater electrode that is disposed above the optical waveguide and that is surrounded by the dielectric substance, and a trench. The trench includes a plurality of split trenches each of which is formed in a hollow segmented shape in the dielectric substance and in which the split trenches are disposed in parallel with the heater electrode. The split trenches are disposed in parallel with the heater electrode such that an area of the dielectric substance located between an end of each of the split trenches and a side surface of the heater electrode is gradually expanded.
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
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Optical waveguide device and optical integrated circuit that includes optical waveguide device
An optical waveguide device has a function of removing or suppressing a higher-order mode component of propagating light. The optical waveguide device includes a curved waveguide having a curved shape where a curvature continuously changes. A first waveguide is coupled to one end of the curved waveguide and a second waveguide is coupled to the other end of the curved waveguide. A curvature of the first waveguide and the curvature of the curved waveguide are equal to each other in a coupling point in which the first waveguide is coupled to the curved waveguide, and a curvature of the second waveguide and the curvature of the curved waveguide are equal to each other in a coupling point in which the second waveguide is coupled to the curved waveguide.
Optical device, that is provided between optical output element and optical propagation element, includes: first lens circuit configured to include one or more lenses through which output light of the optical output element passes; and second lens circuit configured to include one or more lenses and guide output light of the first lens circuit to the optical propagation element. When F11 represents distance between the optical output element and the first lens circuit, F12 represents distance between the first lens circuit and first beam waist position of the first lens circuit, F21 represents distance between the first beam waist position and the second lens circuit, and F22 represents distance between the second lens circuit and second beam waist position of the second lens circuit, F11 and F22 are equal to each other and F12 and F21 are equal to each other.
An optical integrated device includes a substrate and a waveguide that has a hollow structure. The waveguide includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide that is optically coupled to the first waveguide and that has a smaller relative refractive index difference than that of the first waveguide and converts a mode diameter to a mode diameter of an optical fiber in accordance with travelling of light. The optical integrated device includes a dent portion that is formed in the vicinity of the dicing line on the substrate such that the width of the output end surface is smaller than the core width of the optical fiber that is optically coupled to the output end surface in the state in which the dicing end surface of the substrate protrudes farther than the output end surface of the second waveguide in the axial direction of the optical waveguide.
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G02B 6/12 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
G02B 6/136 - Circuits optiques intégrés caractérisés par le procédé de fabrication par gravure
G02B 6/30 - Moyens de couplage optique pour usage entre fibre et dispositif à couche mince
A photodetector has a substrate, a light input layer formed as a first semiconductor over the substrate, the first semiconductor being transparent to a wavelength being used, and a light absorption layer formed as a second semiconductor on the light input layer, the second semiconductor having a bandgap smaller than that of the first semiconductor. The light absorption layer has a first region doped with a first conductivity-type impurity, a second region doped with a second conductive-type impurity different from the first conductive-type impurity, and an undoped region between the first region and the second region. The first region, the undoped region and the second region are arranged in a direction parallel to the substrate. The light absorption layer has a region having an effective refractive index higher than the rest of the light absorption layer between the first region and the second region.
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H01L 31/0232 - Dispositifs à semi-conducteurs sensibles aux rayons infrarouges, à la lumière, au rayonnement électromagnétique d'ondes plus courtes, ou au rayonnement corpusculaire, et spécialement adaptés, soit comme convertisseurs de l'énergie dudit rayonnement e; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives; Leurs détails - Détails Éléments ou dispositions optiques associés au dispositif
H01L 31/028 - Matériaux inorganiques comprenant, à part les matériaux de dopage ou autres impuretés, uniquement des éléments du groupe IV de la classification périodique
H01L 31/105 - Dispositifs sensibles au rayonnement infrarouge, visible ou ultraviolet caractérisés par une seule barrière de potentiel ou de surface la barrière de potentiel étant du type PIN
63.
Optical device and optical communication apparatus
An optical device includes a modulator and a tap coupler. The modulator includes an optical waveguide that is formed of a thin-film lithium niobate (LN) substrate and through which light passes, and an electrode that applies voltage to the optical waveguide, and modulates a phase of light that passes through the optical waveguide in accordance with an electric field in the optical waveguide, where the electric field corresponds to the voltage. The tap coupler includes at least a part formed of the thin-film LN substrate, and splits a part of the light that passes through an inside of the optical waveguide. The tap coupler includes a delayed interferometer that splits a part of the light that passes through the optical waveguide, at a split ratio corresponding to a phase difference of light that passes through an inside of the tap coupler from the optical waveguide.
G02B 6/28 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
G02B 6/293 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux avec des moyens de sélection de la longueur d'onde
64.
OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS
An optical device includes a rib optical waveguide that is a thin-film lithium niobate (LN) crystal formed of a thin-film LN substrate, and a buffer layer that is laminated on the optical waveguide. The optical device further includes an electrode that is laminated on the buffer layer, and sub electrodes that are arranged parallel to the electrode on the buffer layer, and attract a charge in the optical waveguide in accordance with electrification.
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
65.
OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE ELEMENT, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF ELIMINATING SLAB MODE
A waveguide element includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The first waveguide includes a first main rib and a first slab that has a smaller thickness than that of the first main rib and in which a slab mode of light propagates. The second waveguide includes a second main rib that is optically coupled with the first main rib and in which the light propagates, a second slab that has a smaller thickness than that of the second main rib, that is optically coupled with the first slab, and in which the slab mode propagates, and a side rib that has a larger thickness than that of the second slab. The slab mode that propagates through the second slab transitions to the side rib in accordance with travel of the light that propagates in the first main rib and the second main rib.
3: LN) substrate using a thin film LN crystal, and a buffer layer that is laminated on the optical waveguide. Furthermore, the optical device includes an electrode that is laminated on the buffer layer and that applies a voltage to the optical waveguide, and a gettering site that is disposed parallel to the optical waveguide and that traps an electric charge inside the optical waveguide.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
67.
Tap coupler, optical communication apparatus, and optical branching method
A tap coupler includes a mode generation unit, a separation unit, and an output unit. The mode generation unit generates, in accordance with a discontinuous portion disposed on a travelling path of signal light that is propagating, a first mode of the signal light and a second mode that is different from the first mode. The separation unit separates, when the first mode and the second mode are input from the mode generation unit, the first mode and the second mode. The output unit outputs branch light in accordance with a transition of the second mode received from the separation unit.
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H04B 10/25 - Dispositions spécifiques à la transmission par fibres
68.
Optical modulator and optical communication apparatus
An optical device includes a rib waveguide that is a thin-film lithium niobate (LN) crystal, a buffer layer that is laminated on the rib waveguide, and an electrode that applies voltage to the rib waveguide. The buffer layer includes a thick-film part that is laminated on a rib of the rib waveguide, and thin-film parts that are laminated on slabs of the rib waveguide, where the slabs are located on both sides of the rib, and that have smaller thicknesses than a thickness of the thick-film part.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
A wavelength filter includes a first filter circuit and a second filter circuit. The first filter circuit that has a passband that is obtained from a vernier effect by connecting, in series, a plurality of ring resonators each having a different transmission wavelength interval and that is within a gain band of an optical amplifier, and that passes, from the gain band, light at a selected wavelength and light that has a wavelength in a recursive mode and that is produced on a short wavelength side or a long wavelength side of the selected wavelength. The second filter circuit is connected to the first filter circuit in series and suppresses the light at the wavelength in the recursive mode from the light passing through the first filter circuit.
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
A disclosed semiconductor photodetector includes a first semiconductor layer having a first refractive index and a first band gap; a second semiconductor layer formed on the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer having a second refractive index and a second band gap; a first electrode; and a second electrode. The second refractive index is greater than the first refractive index, and the second band gap is smaller than the first band gap. The first semiconductor layer includes a p-type first region, an n-type second region, and a non-conductive third region between the first region and the second region. The second semiconductor layer includes a p-type fourth region in ohmic contact with the first electrode, an n-type fifth region in ohmic contact with the second electrode, and a non-conductive sixth region between the fourth region and the fifth region.
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G02B 6/122 - Éléments optiques de base, p. ex. voies de guidage de la lumière
H10F 10/17 - Cellules photovoltaïques ayant uniquement des barrières de potentiel du type jonction PIN
An optical device includes a thin film Lithium Niobate (LN) layer, a first optical waveguide, and a second optical waveguide. The thin film LN layer is an X-cut or a Y-cut LN layer. The first optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is formed on the thin film LN layer along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a Z direction of a crystal axis of the thin film LN layer. The second optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is routed and connected to the first optical waveguide. At least a part of a core of the first optical waveguide is made thicker than a core of the second optical waveguide.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
H04J 14/02 - Systèmes multiplex à division de longueur d'onde
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Optical transmitter, optical transceiver, and method of controlling bias voltage of electro-optic modulator
In an optical transmitter having an electro-optic modulator with first child MZI and a second child MZI nested to form a parent MZI, and a processor that controls the bias voltages of electro-optic modulator. In the first section of a control loop, the processor simultaneously superimposes different dither signals onto the first bias voltage of the first child MZI and the second bias voltage of the second child MZI, and extracts the first phase error information for the first child MZI and the first-round third phase error for the parent MZI from a first monitoring result. In the second section of the control loop, the processor simultaneously superimposes different dither signals onto the first and second bias voltages, and extracts the second phase error information for the second child MZI and the second-round third phase error for the parent MZI from a second monitoring result.
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02B 6/293 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux avec des moyens de sélection de la longueur d'onde
G02F 1/025 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des éléments à semi-conducteurs ayant des barrières de potentiel, p. ex. une jonction PN ou PIN dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
An optical device includes an optical waveguide, a buffer layer that is layered on the optical waveguide, and an opening that is formed at least in the buffer layer above a part near a side surface of the optical waveguide. The optical device further includes an electrode that is layered in the opening and that is configured to apply a signal to the optical waveguide and a silicon layer that is layered on the buffer layer excluding the opening.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
An optical device includes an optical waveguide, a buffer layer that is layered on the optical waveguide, and an electrode that is arranged on a surface of the buffer layer that is layered in a part near the optical waveguide and that applies an electric signal to the optical waveguide. The optical device further includes a slit that is formed in the buffer layer, that extends from the surface of the buffer layer to a vicinity of the optical waveguide, and that is filled with part of the electrode.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
H04B 10/516 - Détails du codage ou de la modulation
75.
Optical device and optical communication apparatus
An optical device includes an X-cut substrate, and a first waveguide and a second waveguide each being formed on the substrate and having a folding structure. The optical device includes a first signal electrode to generate a first electric field, and a second signal electrode to generate a second electric field with a reverse phase as compared to the first field. The first waveguide includes a first waveguide on an outward side to which the first field is applied from the first signal electrode, and a first waveguide on a return side to which the second field is applied from the second signal electrode. The second waveguide includes a second waveguide on the outward side to which the first field is applied from the first signal electrode, and a second waveguide on the return side to which the second field is applied from the second signal electrode.
G02F 1/03 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
76.
Optical device and optical communication apparatus
An optical device includes a silicon substrate, a waveguide formed of a thin film that is laminated on the silicon substrate and that is made of a perovskite oxide with a large electro-optic effect as compared to lithium niobate, and a cladding layer that covers the waveguide. Further, the optical device includes ground electrode that has a ground potential and a signal electrode that is arranged at a position facing the ground electrode and that applies driving voltage to the waveguide.
G02F 1/03 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
An optical transmission apparatus includes an emitter that emits an optical signal in accordance with a bias current, and a Mach-Zehnder optical modulator that optically modulates the optical signal in accordance with an electrical signal. The optical modulator includes a detector that detects a temperature inside the optical modulator, and a controller that, when detecting activation of a power supply, controls the temperature inside the optical modulator such that the temperature detected by the detector reaches a target temperature.
G02B 6/293 - Moyens de couplage optique ayant des bus de données, c.-à-d. plusieurs guides d'ondes interconnectés et assurant un système bidirectionnel par nature en mélangeant et divisant les signaux avec des moyens de sélection de la longueur d'onde
G02B 6/12 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
A control device of modulating signal generates high-side signal and low-side signal. The high-side signal takes level in accordance with level of AC component of a monitor signal obtained by photoelectric conversion of modulated light, when the polarity of the AC component is positive, or its magnitude is zero. The high-side signal further takes constant level when the polarity of the AC component is negative. The low-side signal takes constant level when the polarity of the AC component is positive. The low-side signal further takes level in accordance with level of the AC component when the polarity of the AC component is negative, or its magnitude is zero. Then, the control device adjusts level of the modulating signal based on a greatest value of absolute values of levels taken by the high-side signal and a greatest value of absolute values of levels taken by the low-side signal.
H04B 10/80 - Aspects optiques concernant l’utilisation de la transmission optique pour des applications spécifiques non prévues dans les groupes , p. ex. alimentation par faisceau optique ou transmission optique dans l’eau
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OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE OPTICAL DEVICE
An optical device includes an optical waveguide that is a projected section and that is disposed at a predetermined portion on a thin film substrate, a buffer layer that is formed on the thin film substrate and the optical waveguide, and an electrode that is formed on the buffer layer and that applies a voltage to the optical waveguide. The electrode covers a step portion of the buffer layer formed on side walls of the optical waveguide.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
An optical device includes a substrate W, a RF modulating unit, and a phase adjustment unit 220. The RF modulating unit is provided on the substrate W and modulates light in accordance with a RF signal. The phase adjustment unit 220 is provided on the substrate W and adjusts the phase of an optical signal modulated by the RF modulating unit. The phase adjustment unit 220 includes a heater 2200 and a to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201. The to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201 is provided between a thin film LN substrate 32 and a buffer layer 33 of the substrate W, and is formed of a material having a thermo-optical effect. The heater 2200 is provided at a position opposite the to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201, with the buffer layer 33 therebetween on the substrate W, and heats the to-be-heated optical waveguide 2201.
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/01 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
An optical transmitter includes an optical modulator, a tunable optical filter, a temperature sensor, and a processor. The tunable optical filter is provided on an output side of the optical modulator and transmits light of a frequency corresponding to a control voltage. The temperature sensor detects a temperature around the tunable optical filter. The processor detects an optical loss occurring in the tunable optical filter, calculates a width of a range of the control voltage in which the detected optical loss is smaller than a specified threshold, adjusts the control voltage based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, and shifts the control voltage by a specified amount that is larger than zero and smaller than or equal to a half of the calculated width of the range when the optical loss is larger than or equal to the threshold.
An optical device includes a substrate, a layered structure provided on the substrate and including an intermediate layer, an optical waveguide formed of a thin crystal film having an electro-optic effect, and a buffer layer stacked in this order, and an electrode provided on or above the buffer layer and configured to apply a direct current voltage to the optical waveguide. The resistivity of the intermediate layer is higher than the resistivity of the buffer layer.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02B 6/12 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
G02B 6/13 - Circuits optiques intégrés caractérisés par le procédé de fabrication
An optical modulation element 100 includes a rib type optical waveguide that includes a rib portion 112 that has a P-N junction, a P-type slab area 114 that continuously extends from a P type area of the rib portion 112, and an N-type slab area 116 that continuously extends from an N type area of the rib portion 112. A first thin film 130 is formed on the P-type slab area 114 and is made of a material having an electron affinity that is different from that of the P-type slab area 114.
G02F 1/00 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire
G02F 1/015 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des éléments à semi-conducteurs ayant des barrières de potentiel, p. ex. une jonction PN ou PIN
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84.
Optical waveguide device that converts polarization of light
An optical waveguide device includes a pair of waveguides. One of the waveguides includes a first core formed in a conversion region and a third core formed in an exit region. The other of waveguides includes a second core formed in the conversion region and a fourth core formed in the exit region. Cross-sectional areas of the first and second cores are different from each other at an input end. Distributions of a refractive index of the first and second cores are respectively asymmetric in a perpendicular direction. A quantitative relation provided at the input end between an effective refractive index of an odd mode of TE0 and an effective refractive index of an even mode of TM0 is opposite to the quantitative relation provided at the output end. Cross-sectional areas of the third and fourth cores are different from each other at an output end.
G02B 6/126 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré utilisant des effets de polarisation
85.
Optical waveguide device operated as mode converter
An optical waveguide device includes first and second waveguides formed parallel to each other. The first waveguide includes a first rib and a first slab. The first slab is formed in a region between the first rib and the second waveguide. The second waveguide includes a second rib, a second slab and a third slab. The second rib is provided between the second slab and the third slab. The first and second slabs are integrally formed. At one end of the optical waveguide device, a first effective refractive index that indicates an effective refractive index of a TEi mode in the first waveguide is higher than a second effective refractive index that indicates an effective refractive index of a TEj mode in the second waveguide. At another end, the first effective refractive index is lower than the second effective refractive index.
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G02B 6/12 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
86.
Optical device and optical communication apparatus
An optical device includes a plurality of first Si waveguides that split and output an optical signal received from an input unit, plurality of LN waveguides that are included in a LN modulator and that transmit the optical signals that are split and output by the first Si waveguides, and a plurality of second Si waveguides that multiplex and output the associated optical signals that are output from the plurality of respective LN waveguides. The device includes an output unit that outputs the optical signal multiplexed by the second Si waveguides, and a plurality of Mach-Zehnder interferometers disposed on each of waveguides connected by the first Si waveguides, the LN waveguides, and the second Si waveguides, respectively. When there are differences among waveguide lengths of the LN waveguides, the device is configured such that the optical path lengths of the waveguides for the respective Mach-Zehnder interferometers are equalized.
G02B 6/125 - Courbures, branchements ou intersections
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
87.
OPTICAL DEVICE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE OPTICAL DEVICE
An optical device has a silicon (Si) substrate, a ground electrode, a lithium niobate (LN) optical waveguide, and a signal electrode. The ground electrode is an electrode that is at ground potential and that is layered on the Si substrate. The LN optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is formed by a thin film LN substrate that is layered on the ground electrode. The signal electrode is an electrode that is disposed at a position opposite the ground electrode with the LN optical waveguide interposed therebetween and that applies a high-frequency signal.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
88.
Composite wiring board, package, and electronic device
A terminal substrate includes a signal terminal disposed on a terminal surface of an insulation ceramic layer. An insulation resin layer of a flexible substrate includes a first surface facing the terminal surface, and a second surface on an opposite side of the first surface. A first signal pad disposed on the first surface is joined to the signal terminal. A first penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal pad. A first signal line is disposed on the second surface. A second penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the first signal line. A second signal line is disposed on the first surface. A third penetration conductive part penetrates the insulation resin layer from the second signal line. A second signal pad is disposed on the second surface.
A receiving device includes a light source outputting local oscillation light, a detector detecting intermittent input of a burst light signal by using the local oscillation light, a first converter converting the detected burst optical signal into an electrical analog signal, an amplifier amplifying the analog signal according to a gain, a second converter converting the amplified analog signal into a digital signal, and a setting processor setting the gain of the amplifier and a wavelength of the local oscillation light instructed by a control device when setting a communication line with one of transmitting devices transmitting the burst optical signal, wherein, before setting the communication line, the setting processor switches the wavelength of the local oscillation light according to the burst optical signal transmitted from each of the transmitting devices, adjusts the gain of the amplifier and notifies the control device of the adjusted gain.
H04J 14/02 - Systèmes multiplex à division de longueur d'onde
H01S 3/00 - Lasers, c.-à-d. dispositifs utilisant l'émission stimulée de rayonnement électromagnétique dans la gamme de l’infrarouge, du visible ou de l’ultraviolet
H01S 3/10 - Commande de l'intensité, de la fréquence, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction du rayonnement, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte, modulation ou démodulation
H04Q 11/00 - Dispositifs de sélection pour systèmes multiplex
90.
Optical communication module equipped with heatsink
An optical communication module includes: a circuit board; optical communication devices that are provided on an upper surface side of the circuit board; a case that accommodates the circuit board and the optical communication devices; and a heatsink that is attached to the case. The optical communication devices include a first device and a second device. The first device is located closer to an inlet opening for cooling air for cooling the heatsink than the second device is. A height from the circuit board to a top of the first device is greater than a height from the circuit board to a top of the second device. The heatsink is not equipped with a cooling fin in a first region where the first device is provided, and the heatsink is equipped with a cooling fin in a second region where the second device is provided.
An optical device includes an optical modulator formed on a substrate. The optical device includes: a signal electrode for the optical modulator that is formed on the substrate; a ground electrode for the optical modulator that is formed on the substrate; an optical waveguide that is provided in a region between the signal electrode and the ground electrode; a first buffer region that is formed between the optical waveguide and the substrate; and second buffer regions that are formed between the optical waveguide and the signal electrode and between the optical waveguide and the ground electrode. A permittivity of the second buffer regions is higher than a permittivity of the first buffer region.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
An optical waveguide device includes an intermediate layer, a thin-film LN layer including X-cut lithium niobate, and a buffer layer stacked on a substrate; an optical waveguide formed in the thin-film LN layer; and an electrode for driving. The intermediate layer is formed by an upper first intermediate layer and a lower second intermediate layer, the second intermediate layer having a permittivity that is smaller than a permittivity of the first intermediate layer.
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
An optical device includes: a ground electrode having a ground potential; a thin film optical waveguide formed by a thin film substrate stacked on the ground electrode; a signal electrode that is arranged at a position facing the ground electrode across the thin film optical waveguide and that transmits a high frequency signal; and a dielectric that covers at least a part of an exposed surface of the signal electrode.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/21 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence
2, and a third layer containing a perovskite oxide having an electrooptic effect. The first layer, the second layer, and the third layer are provided in this order above the single-crystal silicon layer, and the multilayer film is transparent to a wavelength to be used.
G02F 1/065 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des matériaux organiques électro-optiques dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/1337 - Orientation des molécules des cristaux liquides induite par les caractéristiques de surface, p. ex. par des couches d'alignement
G02B 6/122 - Éléments optiques de base, p. ex. voies de guidage de la lumière
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02B 6/12 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
An optical module includes: a housing formed of a conductor that is insertable and removable with respect to an opening portion of an apparatus; a substrate arranged in an internal space of the housing; and a blocking unit that divides the internal space in which the substrate is arranged into two spaces. The blocking unit includes: a first conductor pattern formed on one surface of the substrate; a second conductor pattern formed on another surface of the substrate; a plurality of vias that penetrate through the substrate and connect the first conductor pattern and the second conductor pattern; a first auxiliary member formed of a conductor that comes into contact with the first conductor pattern and the housing; and a second auxiliary member formed of a conductor that comes into contact with the second conductor pattern and the housing.
H04B 10/00 - Systèmes de transmission utilisant des ondes électromagnétiques autres que les ondes hertziennes, p. ex. les infrarouges, la lumière visible ou ultraviolette, ou utilisant des radiations corpusculaires, p. ex. les communications quantiques
G02B 6/42 - Couplage de guides de lumière avec des éléments opto-électroniques
96.
Integrated photonic device and photonic integrated circuit using the same
An integrated photonic device having an array of two or more semiconductor optical amplifiers includes a first semiconductor optical amplifier, which has a first gain region and a second gain region connected by a first connecting waveguide, and a second semiconductor optical amplifier, which is provided in parallel with the first semiconductor optical amplifier and has a third gain region and a fourth gain region connected by a second connecting waveguide. The first gain region and the second gain region are provided on an outer side of the third gain region and the fourth gain region. The first connecting waveguide is configured to connect the first gain region and the second gain region on the outer side of the second connecting waveguide.
A mode converter for converting mode of propagating light is provided. The mode converter includes: a mode order conversion unit that includes an input-side first rib unit, an output-side first rib unit that extends along the input-side first rib unit, and a first slab unit arranged between the input-side first rib unit and the output-side first rib unit; and a rib channel conversion unit that includes an output-side second rib unit that is in contact with the output-side first rib unit, a second slab unit that is in contact with the first slab unit and a side surface of the output-side second rib unit, and a third slab unit that is in contact with another side surface of the output-side second rib unit.
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G02B 6/12 - Guides de lumièreDétails de structure de dispositions comprenant des guides de lumière et d'autres éléments optiques, p. ex. des moyens de couplage du type guide d'ondes optiques du genre à circuit intégré
An optical modulator in which an optical signal is input from one side of a package, includes in the package, a chip that optically modulates the optical signal and in which an input waveguide and an output waveguide of the optical signal are led to mutually different destinations each being one end of the chip facing the one side of the package and a side surface of the chip orthogonal to the one end of the chip; an input optical system coupled to the input waveguide of the chip; and an output optical system coupled to the output waveguide of the chip.
An optical device includes an optical waveguide formed of a crystal thin film having an electro-optic effect, an RF electrode configured to apply a high-frequency voltage to the optical waveguide, and a DC electrode configured to apply a DC voltage to the optical waveguide, wherein the RF electrode has a coplanar electrode configuration, and the DC electrode has a microstrip electrode configuration.
G02F 1/035 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur basés sur des céramiques ou des cristaux électro-optiques, p. ex. produisant un effet Pockels ou un effet Kerr dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
G02F 1/225 - Dispositifs ou dispositions pour la commande de l'intensité, de la couleur, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la direction de la lumière arrivant d'une source lumineuse indépendante, p. ex. commutation, ouverture de porte ou modulationOptique non linéaire pour la commande de l'intensité, de la phase, de la polarisation ou de la couleur par interférence dans une structure de guide d'ondes optique
The optical module includes a housing, a lid that closes an opening of the housing, an optical component arranged inside the housing, and a printed circuit board arranged on a front surface of the lid outside the housing so as to be used as a board on which a control circuit that controls the optical component is mounted. The optical module further includes a side electrode that is provided on a side surface of the housing and configured to be electrically connected to an electrode of the optical component; and a flexible substrate that provides electrical connection between the side electrode and an electrode of the control circuit. The optical module can be miniaturized by integrating the optical component and the control circuit.
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