Abstract:
An optical device includes a thin film Lithium Niobate (LN) layer, a first optical waveguide, and a second optical waveguide. The thin film LN layer is an X-cut or a Y-cut LN layer. The first optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is formed on the thin film LN layer along a direction that is substantially perpendicular to a Z direction of a crystal axis of the thin film LN layer. The second optical waveguide is an optical waveguide that is routed and connected to the first optical waveguide. At least a part of a core of the first optical waveguide is made thicker than a core of the second optical waveguide.
Abstract:
An electro-optic device is provided with a substrate, an optical waveguide formed of a lithium niobate film with a ridge shape on the substrate, and an electrode that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a modulation waveguide provided in an electric field application region applied with the electric field and having a thickness of 1 μm or larger and a bent waveguide provided in a region other than the electric field application region and having a curvature radius of 16 μm or larger and 80 μm or smaller.
Abstract:
An optical device includes a substrate having an electrooptical effect, and including an optical waveguide that guides light and a reflection groove having a bottom face that reflects light output from the optical waveguide; and a light-receiving element positioned above the reflection groove and fixed to the substrate. The light output from the optical waveguide into the reflection groove is reflected by the bottom face of the reflection groove while traveling through a space inside the reflection groove and is incident to the light-receiving element.
Abstract:
An optical modulator includes a substrate having an electro-optic effect; a waveguide pattern provided on the substrate and configured to modulate light; and a dummy pattern having a predetermined potential along the waveguide pattern from an input side to an output side.
Abstract:
An optical modulator connected to a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber arranged in parallel includes an optical-path changing unit that redirects light emerging from a tip of the first optical fiber toward a tip of the second optical fiber and an optical modulation chip that modulates the light redirected by the optical-path changing unit and outputs a light beam obtained by modulating the light to a tip of the second optical fiber.
Abstract:
An optical modulator includes: a ferroelectric substrate in which an input optical waveguide, first and second optical waveguides, and an output optical waveguide are formed; a first electrode formed in a vicinity of the first optical waveguide and to which a first DC voltage is applied; a second electrode formed in a vicinity of the second optical waveguide and to which a second DC voltage is applied; a third electrode electrically connected to the first electrode and formed on both sides of the second electrode; and a fourth electrode electrically connected to the second electrode and formed on both sides of the first electrode. A first gap between the first electrode and the fourth electrode is approximately the same as a second gap between the second electrode and the third electrode. A gap between the third electrode and the fourth electrode is 1-5 times greater than the first gap.
Abstract:
An optical device includes a substrate, a first cladding layer that is laminated on one surface of the substrate, and a first optical waveguide that is formed in the first cladding layer at a side opposite to the substrate in the first cladding layer. The optical device further includes an electro-optic crystal layer that is laminated on a surface of the first cladding layer at a side opposite to the substrate, and a second optical waveguide that is formed of the electro-optic crystal layer on a surface of the electro-optic crystal layer at a side opposite to the first cladding layer. The optical device further includes a second cladding layer that is laminated on a surface of the electro-optic crystal layer at a side opposite to the first cladding layer.
Abstract:
An electro-optic device is provided with a substrate, an optical waveguide formed of a lithium niobate film with a ridge shape on the substrate, and an electrode that applies an electric field to the optical waveguide. The optical waveguide includes a first waveguide section provided at least in an electric field application region applied with the electric field and having a thickness of 1 μm or larger and a second waveguide section provided in a region other than the electric field application region and having a thickness of 0.3 μm or larger and less than 1 μm.
Abstract:
An optical modulator is provided with a ridge-shaped optical waveguide formed of a dielectric thin film having electro-optic effect, a buffer layer covering the optical waveguide, a signal electrode formed on the buffer layer so as to be opposed to the optical waveguide through the buffer layer; a ground electrode formed on the buffer layer together with the signal electrode, and a dielectric film having a higher dielectric constant than air and covering at least a part of exposed surfaces of the signal electrode and ground electrode and exposed surfaces of the buffer layer.
Abstract:
An optical modulator includes an optical modulator chip configured to optically modulate an optical signal using an electrical signal input thereto; and a relay substrate configured to relay and couple the electrical signal to the optical modulator chip. The optical modulator chip includes a signal electrode and a ground electrode for the electrical signal, formed along a waveguide for the optical signal. One end of the optical modulator chip is arranged to face the relay substrate. An electrode connection portion coupling the electrical signal to the relay substrate by wire is provided at the one end. A distance between a tip of one end of the signal electrode in the electrode connection portion and the end of the optical modulator chip is less than a distance between a tip of an end of the ground electrode in the electrode connection portion and the end of the optical modulator chip.