摘要:
An optical modulator (1C) is composed of an electrooptical material and comprises a substrate (2) having a first major surface and a second major surface, an optical waveguide formed on the substrate (2) and having a first branch section (5) and a second branch section (3), and earth electrodes (4A, 4C) and a signal electrode (4B) the three installed on the first major surface. The first and second branch sections (5, 3) are installed between the edge of earth electrode (4A) and the edge of the signal electrode (4B) and between the edge of the earth electrode (4C) and the edge of the signal electrode (4B), respectively. When a microwave eclectic field is applied to the interaction sections of the first and second branch sections (5, 3), the light propagating through the first and second branch sections (5, 3) is modulated. In this modulation, the integral values of the electric field intensities with respect to the electrode interaction lengths in the first and second branch sections, thereby giving a predetermined chirp amount.
摘要:
A voltage is applied to a first branching part (3a) of an optical waveguide by a first grounding electrode (10) and a signal electrode (11), and a voltage is applied to a second branching part (3b) by a second grounding electrode (12A) and a signal electrode (11). A first gap (13) is formed between the first grounding electrode (10) and the signal electrode (11), and a second gap (14) is formed between the second grounding electrode (12A) and the signal electrode (11). The first gap (13) and the second gap (14) are divided into voltage applying parts (13a, 14a), a feed through part and connecting parts (13b, 14b), and satisfy (G12/G11
摘要:
A device (4) comprising an electro-optical crystal substrate (5), optical waveguides (2) and modulating electrodes (1A, 1B, 1C), wherein the thickness of the electro-optical crystal substrate (5) in an electric field applying region (10) by at least modulating electrodes is up to 30 mum. When a product (H⋅W) of the height H (angstrom) of a protrusion produced at optical waveguide forming and the width W (mum) of the protrusion is set to be up to 7150 angstrom⋅mum, a light propagating through optical waveguides can be formed in a single mode. Further, optical waveguides have an branching portion in the electric field applying region and the interval between optical waveguides at the branching portion is set to be at least 46 mum, thereby, making it possible to limit a variation between the peak and bottom of a quenching ratio curve to within ±5%.
摘要:
The spot size of light propagating through a crossing wave-guide (22) is set to be larger than the spot size of light propagating through optical input wave-guides (21a, 21b), optical output wave-guides (23a, 23b) or connection wave-guides (24a, 24b, 25a, 25b).
摘要:
An optical functional device comprises a dielectric substrate 5, a ferroelectric thin layer 10 provided on the dielectric substrate 5 and comprising a material having electro-optical effect and an electrode 3A, 3B provided on the ferroelectric thin layer 10. A part of the ferroelectric thin layer 10 functions as a core 9 of the optical wave guide and the dielectric substrate functions as a clad for the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide 9 constitutes a multi-mode waveguide in the direction "D" of depth of the ferroelectric thin layer.
摘要:
In an optical waveguide device having an optical waveguide returned at the end portion of an optical waveguide substrate, the modulation bandwidth is widened. An optical waveguide device (1A) is provided with a substrate main body (2) composed of an electro-optical material; an optical waveguide (6); and modulating electrodes (3, 4, 5) for applying a voltage to the optical waveguide (6). The optical waveguide (6) is provided with first main sections (6e, 6f); first curved section (7A); first returning sections (6g, 6h) arranged between the first curved section (7A) and a returning point (8); second main sections (6m, 6n); a second curved section (7B); and second returning sections (6j, 6k) arranged between the second curved section (7B) and the returning point (8). At least a part of a signal electrode is arranged in a returning area covering from the first curved section (7A) and the second curved section (7B) to the returning point (8).
摘要:
An optical device, comprising a core layer (11) having a branch guided wave passage, a first clad layer (12) having the core layer stacked on a part of the surface thereof, a second clad layer (13) holding the core layer together with the first clad layer, a third clad layer (14) stacked on the second clad layer, heating electrodes (15, 16), and a substrate (17) having a heat sink function, wherein at least one of the core layer, first clad layer, and second clad layer is formed with an optical material having a positive refraction factor change coefficient, and the refraction factor of the third clad layer is made smaller than that of the second clad layer.