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US20080137178A1 REFLECTION-TYPE OPTICAL MODULATOR MODULE 审中-公开
反射型光学调制器模块

REFLECTION-TYPE OPTICAL MODULATOR MODULE
Abstract:
Provided is a reflection-type optical modulation module. According to the reflection-type optical modulation module, an anti-reflective thin film is formed on the optical input/output side surface of a waveguide to reduce optical coupling loss, and also a high-reflective thin film is formed on the opposite side surface to feed back a modulated optical signal. Thus, even when the length of an absorption layer is shortened, a sufficient optical path length is available, and it is possible to obtain a sufficient extinction ratio. Since the optical path length is sufficiently long despite a reduction in the length of the device, capacitance is reduced, and high-speed operation is enabled. In addition, only one lensed optical fiber for optical input and output is used, and thus it is possible to reduce production cost and the number of installation processes. Furthermore, a small-sized and low-priced optical amplifier, instead of an external amplifier which is high priced and has a large volume, is integrated with an optical modulator so that production cost can be further reduced.
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