摘要:
In an optical transmitter comprising a directly modulated laser and a wavelength filter provided on a post-stage of the directly modulated laser, the wavelength filter has a modulated light input port for inputting modulated light output from the directly modulated laser, a filter transmitted light output port for outputting light having a wavelength included in a filter transmission band among the modulated light as filter transmitted light, and a filter cutoff light output port provided separately from the modulated light input port and the filter transmitted light output port and outputting light having a wavelength included in a filter cutoff band among the modulated light as filter cutoff light, and the peak of the filter transmission band is set on a shorter-wave side from the peak of the spectrum of modulated light output from the directly modulated laser.
摘要:
A demodulator and method are provided. The demodulator for demodulating an optical signal, includes a splitter that splits a differential phase modulation signal into a first split light component and a second split light component, couples the first split light component to a first optical path and the second split light component to a second optical path, a first medium disposed on the first optical path, a second medium disposed on the second optical path and having a refractive index different from that of the first medium, and a combiner that combines the first split light component that has passed through the first medium and the second split light component that has passed through the second medium, wherein one of the first split light component and the second split light component is delayed in relation to the other.
摘要:
To control information obtained from inside of a living body with higher precision as compared to that in the conventional technology by controlling a ratio of intensities of light, directed to a trial body, in a plurality of wavelength ranges different in peak wavelength from each other, a measurement error included in information obtained from the living body can be controlled by changing a ratio of intensity of the light in the first wavelength range against that of the light in the second wavelength range. When intensity of irradiated light is limited from the viewpoint of safety to the trial subject, keeping a ratio of the light irradiated to the trial body in the first wavelength range against that of the light in the second wavelength range under a prespecified value and also changing the ratio of irradiated light intensities under the prespecified value.
摘要:
An optical device including: an optical waveguide; and a plurality of diffraction grating layers provided along the optical waveguide, wherein each of the diffraction grating layers comprises a diffraction grating, each diffraction grating comprising a discontinuous first semiconductor layer and a second semiconductor layer burying the first semiconductor layer, the first and second semiconductor layers having different refractive indices, the plurality of diffraction grating layers comprise at least two diffraction grating layers being different from each other in terms of the length of a region where the diffraction grating is provided, and the diffraction gratings in an overlap region of the plurality of diffraction grating layers have the same phase and period is provided.
摘要:
An image information detecting apparatus is disclosed that comprises: a semiconductor laser that emits a laser light beam; a light receiving unit that receives a reflected light beam of the laser light beam applied to a color changing layer of an optical disc, the color changing layer being formed from a photo-sensitive material of a heat-sensitive material, and that outputs an electrical signal corresponding to the level of the reflected light beam; and a detecting unit that detects image information based on the electric signal, wherein the image information detecting apparatus detects the image information indicating an image from the color changing layer after the image has been formed therein.
摘要:
An OADM in a wavelength division multiplexing transmission system includes a wavelength selection switch that selects a predetermined wavelength from a multiple optical signal obtained by multiplexing a phase modulated signal and an intensity modulated signal and outputs the selected wavelength signal to a predetermined output port. The wavelength selection switch has a different delay for each wavelength of the multiple optical signal. For example, the wavelength selection switch includes a mirror array. Optical paths from the surfaces of mirrors arranged on the mirror array to the diffraction grating are different in the case of adjacent mirrors.
摘要:
The SiC semiconductor device includes a substrate of a first conduction type made of silicon carbide, a drift layer of the first conduction type made of silicon carbide, the drift layer being less doped than the substrate, a cell portion constituted by a part of the substrate and a part of the drift layer, a circumferential portion constituted by another part of the substrate and another part of the drift layer, the circumferential portion being formed so as to surround the cell portion, and a RESURF layer of a second conduction type formed in a surface portion of the drift layer so as to be located in the circumferential portion. The RESURF layer is constituted by first and second RESURF layers having different impurity concentrations, the second RESURF layer being in contact with an outer circumference of the first RESURF layer and extending to a circumference of the cell portion.
摘要:
In an optical disk recording method of recording data onto a recordable optical disk which includes a data zone where data is recorded and a management data zone where management data indicating the recorded part of the data zone is recorded, an extended management data zone in which the management data is to be recorded is set in the data zone in response to an extension instruction.
摘要:
An optical apparatus includes a collimation optical member for collimating and outputting input light, a condensing optical member for condensing light from the collimation optical member and a light blocking mask member provided at a place on an optical path of the input light for light blocking part of the input light, and enhances the degree of freedom in design of an optical system.
摘要:
Disclosed is a semiconductor laser device capable of realizing efficient current injection and a method of manufacturing the same. The method includes the steps of: forming a DBR mirror over a Si substrate; forming an n-type conductive layer over the DBR mirror; forming a luminescent layer over a part of the n-type conductive layer; forming an insulating layer over a side surface of the luminescent layer over the n-type conductive layer; forming a p-type conductive layer over the insulating layer and the luminescent layer; forming another DBR mirror over the p-type conductive layer so as to be located immediately above the luminescent layer; forming an electrode electrically connected to the n-type conductive layer; and forming another electrode over the p-type conductive layer.