Abstract:
A wavelength conversion device including a nonlinear medium having quantum dots uses a tunable laser as an excitation light source of optical four wave mixing, and performs wavelength conversion for a wide bandwidth signal light with optical four wave mixing. In a wavelength conversion system (40) any one of the signal light having a wavelength of λ1, λ2, ..., λn is supplied to the wavelength conversion system (40) which includes an optical amplifier (41) for amplifying the signal light with an amplification factor α, a tunable laser (42), and an optical amplifier (43) for amplifying an output laser light from the tunable laser (42) with an amplification factor β. The light amplified in the optical amplifiers (41, 42) is coupled in an optical coupler (45) and supplied via an optical circulator (46) and a polarization beam splitter (47) to the quantum dot optical amplifier (20). A 1/2 wavelength plate (48) is inserted in the optical port of the polarization beam splitter (48) from which the TM mode light is extracted and converted to a TE mode light.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion device including a nonlinear medium having quantum dots uses a tunable laser as an excitation light source of optical four wave mixing, and performs wavelength conversion for a wide bandwidth signal light with optical four wave mixing by employing a control apparatus for controlling an optical system including an optical path of a signal light and an optical system including an optical path of an excitation light in correspondence with a wavelength of a signal light that is to be wavelength converted.
Abstract:
A photosemiconductor device comprises a plurality of quantum dots 22, the plural quantum dots 22 having non-uniform sizes. Quantum dots of non-uniform size are formed in a low area ratio, whereby the photosemiconductor device can have a wide gain band.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion device including a nonlinear medium having quantum dots uses a tunable laser as an excitation light source of optical four wave mixing, and performs wavelength conversion for a wide bandwidth signal light with optical four wave mixing. In a wavelength conversion system (40) any one of the signal light having a wavelength of λ1, λ2, ..., λn is supplied to the wavelength conversion system (40) which includes an optical amplifier (41) for amplifying the signal light with an amplification factor α, a tunable laser (42), and an optical amplifier (43) for amplifying an output laser light from the tunable laser (42) with an amplification factor β. The light amplified in the optical amplifiers (41, 42) is coupled in an optical coupler (45) and supplied via an optical circulator (46) and a polarization beam splitter (47) to the quantum dot optical amplifier (20). A 1/2 wavelength plate (48) is inserted in the optical port of the polarization beam splitter (48) from which the TM mode light is extracted and converted to a TE mode light.
Abstract:
A photosemiconductor device comprises a plurality of quantum dots 22, the plural quantum dots 22 having non-uniform sizes. Quantum dots of non-uniform size are formed in a low area ratio, whereby the photosemiconductor device can have a wide gain band.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion device including a nonlinear medium (20) having quantum dots (24) uses a tunable laser as an excitation light source of optical four wave mixing, and performs wavelength conversion for a wide bandwidth signal light with optical four wave mixing. The nonlinear medium (20) is disposed on an n type GaAs [100] orientation substrate (21) and includes an n type AlGaAs clad layer (22) formed on the substrate (21) and a lower part SCH layer (23) including non-doped GaAs formed on the clad layer (22). An island-like area of non-doped InAs or InGaAs, which is formed by S-K mode growth is formed on the SCH layer (23) as quantum dots (24) and a non-doped GaAs barrier layer (25) is formed on the SCH layer (23) in a manner covering the quantum dots (24). An upper part SCH layer (27) including non-doped GaAs is formed on the acive layer (26) and a p type AlGaAs clad layer (28) is formed on the upper part SCH layer (27). An upper part electrode (29) is formed on the clad layer (28) and a lower part electrode (30) is formed on a bottom surface of the substrate (21).
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion device including a nonlinear medium having quantum dots uses a tunable laser as an excitation light source of optical four wave mixing, and performs wavelength conversion for a wide bandwidth signal light with optical four wave mixing by employing a control apparatus for controlling an optical system including an optical path of a signal light and an optical system including an optical path of an excitation light in correspondence with a wavelength of a signal light that is to be wavelength converted.
Abstract:
A wavelength conversion device including a nonlinear medium (20) having quantum dots (24) uses a tunable laser as an excitation light source of optical four wave mixing, and performs wavelength conversion for a wide bandwidth signal light with optical four wave mixing. The nonlinear medium (20) is disposed on an n type GaAs [100] orientation substrate (21) and includes an n type AlGaAs clad layer (22) formed on the substrate (21) and a lower part SCH layer (23) including non-doped GaAs formed on the clad layer (22). An island-like area of non-doped InAs or InGaAs, which is formed by S-K mode growth is formed on the SCH layer (23) as quantum dots (24) and a non-doped GaAs barrier layer (25) is formed on the SCH layer (23) in a manner covering the quantum dots (24). An upper part SCH layer (27) including non-doped GaAs is formed on the acive layer (26) and a p type AlGaAs clad layer (28) is formed on the upper part SCH layer (27). An upper part electrode (29) is formed on the clad layer (28) and a lower part electrode (30) is formed on a bottom surface of the substrate (21).