摘要:
When a conventional synchronized AWG is employed to extend a transmission passband, an increase in loss near the optical center frequency can not be avoided. Because of passband width limit, a problem has existed in that the synchronized AWG could not be applied for a large, complicated communication system wherein a signal light passes a number of points. Therefore, an optical wavelength multiplexing/demultiplexing circuit of the present invention is a synchronized AWG, which includes an optical splitter arranged in an interference circuit that is connected on the side of one slab waveguide. The splitting ratio of the optical splitter varies, depending on the optical frequency, and the value becomes minimum near the optical center frequency of the synchronized AWG. The optical splitter is operated so that the splitting ratio is comparatively great at optical frequencies distant from the optical center frequency.
摘要:
A interferometer type polarization beam combiner and splitter, which can combine or split polarized light over a wide band, is provided. The interferometer type polarization beam combiner and splitter includes: an optical splitter; an optical coupler; an optical path length difference imparting unit, which includes a plurality of optical waveguides arranged between the optical splitting unit and the optical coupling unit; one or two input/output ports connected to the optical splitter; and two input/output ports connected to the optical coupler. A half-integer of a wavelength of λc is set as a normalized phase difference, for the optical path length difference imparting unit, between two polarization states, and means for generating a difference in refractive index dispersion is provided between the optical waveguides of the optical path length difference imparting unit, so that the change rate of the transmittance with respect to wavelength is suppressed for the two polarization states.
摘要:
Provided is an optical wavelength multi/demultiplexer having transmission characteristics with a higher rectangular degree than a conventional one. An example (1100) of a two-stage lattice circuit including an optical wavelength multi/demultiplexer according to the present invention includes an input waveguide (1101), a third optical coupler (1102), a third arm waveguide (1103), a fourth arm waveguide (1104), a second optical coupler (1105), a first arm waveguide (1106), a second arm waveguide (1107), a first optical coupler (1108), and output waveguides (1109). The optical path length difference between the third and fourth arm waveguides and the optical path length difference between the first and second arm waveguides are designed to be ΔL. The path passing through the third and first arm waveguides has an optical path length difference of 2•ΔL from the path passing through the fourth and second arm waveguides. The path passing through the third and second arm waveguides or the path passing through the fourth and first arm waveguides has an optical path length difference of ΔL from the path passing through the fourth and second arm waveguides.