摘要:
A method for implementing a variable optical splitter and a variable optical splitter are provided. the method includes that: the variable optical splitter is divided into one or more virtual optical splitting units according to wavelengths/wavebands of optical signals, wherein the virtual optical splitting units and the wavelengths/wavebands are in a one-to-one correspondence, and moreover, the wavelengths/wavebands and splitting ratios are also in a one-to-one correspondence; and optical guiding or optical splitting is performed on the incident optical signals through the virtual optical splitting units. By adopting the technical solutions provided by the present disclosure, the technical problems that there is yet no optical splitter with a variable splitting ratio in the related technology and the like are solved, and controllability of the splitting ratios of the optical splitter is achieved.
摘要:
A method for determining spectral calibration data (λcal(Sd), Sd,cal(λ)) of a Fabry-Perot interferometer (100) comprises: - forming a plurality of filtered spectral peaks (P'1, P'2) by filtering input light (LB1) with a Fabry-Perot etalon (50) such that a first filtered peak (Ρ'1) corresponds to a first transmittance peak (P1) of the etalon (50), and such that a second filtered peak (P'2) corresponds to a second transmittance peak (P2) of the etalon (50), - using the Fabry-Perot interferometer (100) for measuring a spectral intensity distribution (M(Sd)) of the filtered spectral peaks (Ρ'1, P'2), wherein the spectral intensity distribution (M(Sd)) is measured by varying the mirror gap (dFP) of the Fabry-Perot interferometer (100), and by providing a control signal (Sd) indicative of the mirror gap (dFP), and - determining the spectral calibration data (λcal(Sd), Sd,cal(λ)) by matching the measured spectral intensity distribution (M(Sd)) with the spectral transmittance (ΤΕ(λ)) of the etalon (50).
摘要:
An optical phased array formed of a large number of nanophotonic antenna elements can be used to project complex images into the far field. These nanophotonic phased arrays, including the nanophotonic antenna elements and waveguides, can be formed on a single chip of silicon using complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) processes. Directional couplers evanescently couple light from the waveguides to the nanophotonic antenna elements, which emit the light as beams with phases and amplitudes selected so that the emitted beams interfere in the far field to produce the desired pattern. In some cases, each antenna in the phased array may be optically coupled to a corresponding variable delay line, such as a thermo-optically tuned waveguide or a liquid-filled cell, which can be used to vary the phase of the antenna's output (and the resulting far-field interference pattern).
摘要:
The disclosure discloses a method and an apparatus for determining a bias point of a modulator, wherein the method includes: adding pilot signals to the bias voltages of the modulator; adjusting the bias point of the modulator at a predetermined step and acquiring a first harmonic amplitude value corresponding to each bias point in a backlight detection current signal output by the modulator; and determining a bias point corresponding to the maximum value of the first harmonic amplitude values associated with multiple bias points as the bias point of the modulator. By virtue of the disclosure, the detection of a difference frequency signal can be eliminated, thereby reducing the complexity and cost of a periphery control circuit while ensuring the control accuracy, effectively improving the stability and reliability of the control process, and improving the modulation and transmission performance of optical signals in the whole system.
摘要:
A device comprising measurement (7) and reference (3) interferometers is disclosed. Each interferometer is configured to receive light from the same light source (1) and to emit light to respective detectors (6) and has a respective operating point. The measurement interferometer (7) is configured to respond to variations in a physical parameter by varying the intensity of light emitted, whereas the reference interferometer (3) is configured to be unresponsive to variations in the physical parameter. The device further comprises a signal processor for generating a differential output signal depending on respective output signals generated by the detectors (6).
摘要:
An optical filter (1) comprises a first substrate (3); a first mirror (4B) provided to the first substrate (3); a first electrode (6B) provided to the first substrate (3); a second substrate (2) disposed so as to be opposed to the first substrate (3); a second mirror (4A) provided to the second substrate (2), and opposed to the first mirror (4B); and a second electrode (6A) provided to the second substrate (2), and opposed to the first electrode (6B), wherein the second substrate (2) has a groove (8) surrounding the second mirror (4A) in a plan view, the groove (8) includes a first curved surface (8b) with a large curvature radius between a first side surface (8c) of the groove and a bottom surface (8a) of the groove, and a second curved surface (8d) with a large curvature radius between a second side surface (8e) of the groove and the bottom surface (8a) of the groove, and the first mirror and the second mirror are composed of a dielectric multilayer film having high-refractive index layers and low-refractive index layers stacked alternately to each other.
摘要:
According to one embodiment of the invention, a 16-QAM optical modulator has a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) coupled to a drive circuit that drives the MZM based on two electrical binary signals. The output of the MZM corresponds to an intermediary constellation consisting of four constellation points arranged on a straight line in the corresponding in-phase/quadrature-phase (I-Q) plane. Two of these constellation points correspond to a zero phase, and the remaining two constellation points correspond to a phase of &pgr; radian. The 16-QAM optical modulator further has a phase shifter that modulates the output of the MZM based on two additional electrical binary signals. The resulting optical output signal corresponds to a star 16-QAM constellation, which is produced by incremental rotation of the intermediary constellation.
摘要:
Optical modulator having wide bandwidth based on Fabry-Perot resonant reflection is disclosed. The optical modulator includes: a bottom Distributed Bragg Reflector (DBR) layer (110); a top DBR layer (130) including at least one layer and a modified layer; and an active layer (120) disposed between bottom and top DBR layers, wherein the at least one layer includes at least one pair of a first refractive index sub-layer having a first refractive index and a second refractive index sub-layer having a second refractive index, the modified layer includes at least one pair of a third refractive index sub-layer having a third refractive index and a fourth refractive index sub-layer having a fourth refractive index, the third and the fourth refractive indexes being different, and at least one of the third and the fourth refractive index sub-layers have a second optical thickness that is not λ/4 or that is not an odd multiple thereof.