摘要:
The present invention provides a highly-integrated and compact optical element and further provides an optical element having various functions such as lower driving voltage, chirping suppression and polarization-independency.The optical element comprising a substrate 1 consisting of a material having an electrooptic effect, top optical waveguides 2-1 an 2-2 formed on the top face of said substrate, bottom optical waveguides formed on the bottom face of said substrate, a top modulating electrode for controlling the phase of a light wave being propagated through said top optical waveguide, and a bottom modulating electrode for controlling the phase of a light wave being propagated through said bottom optical waveguide, is characterized in that at least one side edge of said substrate comprises output and input of said optical waveguides formed on said top and bottom faces, and a turnback element is located adjacent to said one side edge to guide the light wave from said output to said input.
摘要:
The present invention provides a method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal capable of forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal condition homogeneously within the ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal region even across a large region of 50 μm and over in width of a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal. Also, it provides a method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal where a ferroelectric substrate has convexo-concave structure, such as ridge structure and the like, on its surface and the polarity of the region including one portion of said convex part is reversed with accuracy. A method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal in a desired region of a ferroelectric substrate 1 has a feature that said desired region 20 of a surface of said ferroelectric substrate is sprayed with micro-hard materials, made an impact by using a striking member that has micro tip diameter, or rubbed with micro-hard materials that are dispersively located on the surface of the substrate to thereby generate nucleuses, and subsequently, a given voltage is applied into said desired region to thereby form a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal in said desired region of said ferroelectric substrate. Also, a method for forming a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal where a convexo-concave structure is formed on a top face of a ferroelectric substrate firstly, and then, a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization region is formed on the substrate including one portion of said convex part, has a feature that a concave portion is formed on a bottom face of the substrate within the region where a ferroelectric spontaneous polarization reversal is to be formed and at least said convex portion is formed, and then, an electric field is applied into said substrate.
摘要:
An optical device and a method of manufacturing the optical device, with the method including the steps of forming a dopant layer on a stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate with Li to Nb mole composition ratio of 49.5% to 50.5%, and diffusing a dopant in the dopant layer into at least a portion of the stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate. The stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate includes 0.5 to 5 mol % of Mg. In the diffusing step, a heat treatment is performed at a diffusion temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C. for a diffusion time of 3 hours to 24 hours in a dry atmosphere of at least one of O2, N2, Ar and He gas having a dew-point temperature of −35° C. or less.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical device having high quality, excellent productivity and optical characteristics, and capable of suppressing a refractive index of a substrate surface from increasing when a dopant is thermally diffused into, or a heat treatment is performed in order to compensate of process distortion in stoichiometric lithium niobate crystal or a crystal substrate in which Mg is doped into the crystal, and a method of manufacturing the same. According to the present invention, there is provided a method of manufacturing an optical device including the steps of: forming a dopant layer on a substantial stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate; and diffusing a dopant in the dopant layer into at least a portion of the substantial stoichiometric lithium niobate single crystal substrate, wherein, in the diffusing step, a heat treatment is performed at a diffusion temperature of 1000° C. to 1200° C. in an atmosphere in which a gas having a dew-point temperature of 0° C. or less is introduced, preferably for a diffusion time of 3 hours or more, and more preferably 3 hours to 24 hours.
摘要:
The present invention provides a highly-integrated and compact optical element and further provides an optical element having various functions such as lower driving voltage, chirping suppression and polarization-independency. The optical element has a substrate 1 formed of a material having an electrooptic effect, a plurality of optical waveguides formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode for applying electric field into the optical waveguides, and is characterized in that the modulating electrode has at least two branching and confluence lines on the same line for applying the same modulating signal into different optical waveguides.
摘要:
The present invention provides a highly-integrated and compact optical element and further provides an optical element having various functions such as lower driving voltage, chirping suppression and polarization-independency. The optical element has a substrate 1 formed of a material having an electrooptic effect, a plurality of optical waveguides formed on the substrate, and a modulating electrode for applying electric field into the optical waveguides, and is characterized in that the modulating electrode has at least two branching and confluence lines on the same line for applying the same modulating signal into different optical waveguides.
摘要:
A problem to be solved is to provide a method of forming domain inverted regions of short period in a ferroelectric single crystal in a controllable time period of application of voltage and an optical wavelength conversion element using the same.A solving means of it solves the problem by forming (i) a control layer having a larger defect density Dcont1 than the defect density Dferro of a ferroelectric single crystal (Dferro
摘要:
A wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings free from damage propagation and a light generating apparatus using it, and a wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings to make a thermal distribution centrosymmetric, and being free from damage propagation, are provided. The wavelength conversion element is realized by comprising a holder and plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals disposed in the holder, wherein plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals have at least five planes; the aspect ratios of planes perpendicular to respective longitudinal directions of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals are virtually unity; and each of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals has a domain inversion structure with a predetermined period in the direction perpendicular to the polarization direction thereof, and is arranged in a way that said direction perpendicular to the polarization direction is the same as those of the other crystals. In addition, the element is realized by selecting ferroelectric material from a group comprising lithium niobate, lithium tantalate, impurity-doped lithium niobate, and impurity-doped lithium tantalate, each with virtually stoichiometric composition, and processing it into the cylindrical ferroelectric single crystal with a virtually completely round cross-section.
摘要:
A problem to be solved is to provide a method of forming domain inverted regions of short period in a ferroelectric single crystal in a controllable time period of application of voltage and an optical wavelength conversion element using the same. A solving means of it solves the problem by forming (i) a control layer having a larger defect density Dcont1 than the defect density Dferro of a ferroelectric single crystal (Dferro
摘要:
A wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings free from damage propagation and a light generating apparatus using it, and a wavelength conversion element having multi-gratings to make a thermal distribution centrosymmetric, and being free from damage propagation, are provided. The wavelength conversion element is realized by comprising a holder and plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals disposed in the holder, wherein plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals have at least five planes; the aspect ratios of planes perpendicular to respective longitudinal directions of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals are virtually unity; and each of the plural prismatic ferroelectric single crystals has a domain inversion structure with a predetermined period in the direction perpendicular to the polarization direction thereof, and is arranged in a way that said direction perpendicular to the polarization direction is the same as those of the other crystals.