摘要:
A semiconductor IQ optical modulator in which a phase modulation unit is configured by a differential capacitively loaded traveling-wave electrode structure based on an SS line configuration, phase modulation units of adjacent channels are spaced apart from each other by 400 µm or more, a distance between main signal lines of the capacitance loading type structure is 60 µm or less, a DC phase adjustment electrode and a PAD are provided between an I side phase modulation unit and a Q side phase modulation unit, the DC phase adjustment electrode is spaced apart by at least 80 µm or more from a signal line of the phase adjustment unit, and a crosstalk characteristic between the adjacent channels is -30 dB or less in a required frequency band.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical modulator according to the present invention includes a first semiconductor optical waveguide having a laminated structure including a core layer, a first clad layer, a second clad layer, and a barrier layer, the first clad layer and the second clad layer being disposed below and above the core layer, the barrier layer being inserted between the second clad layer and the core layer; a second semiconductor optical waveguide having a laminated structure in which the second clad layer has a p-type semiconductor penetrating locally through a n-type semiconductor in a laminated direction in the laminated structure of the first semiconductor optical waveguide; a first electrode connected to the first clad layer of the first semiconductor optical waveguide; and a second electrode electrically connecting the second clad layer of the first semiconductor optical waveguide and the p-type semiconductor of the second clad layer of the second semiconductor optical waveguide.
摘要:
Provided is an IQ optical modulator including a nest-type MZ optical waveguide having optical modulation regions of I channel and Q channel. End portions of an input optical waveguide and an output optical waveguide of the IQ optical modulator are located on a same edge face of a chip of the IQ optical modulator, an optical cross waveguide is included in which an optical waveguide between a first optical combiner and a second optical combiner of the nest-type MZ optical waveguide and the input optical waveguide cross each other, a first optical divider is provided between the I-channel optical modulation region and the Q-channel optical modulation region, and a light propagation direction in the first optical divider and a light propagation direction in the optical modulation regions are opposite to each other.