Abstract:
There is provided a bidirectional optical communication module including a bidirectional optical communication chip configured to include an optical circuit board in which a light receiving element constituting a receiving section, a transmitting element constituting a transmitting section, and a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) filter that divides transmission signal light and reception signal light from each other are hybrid-integrated, a reflecting section configured to direct a propagation direction of the transmission signal light output from the transmitting section and the reception signal light received by the receiving section to a direction orthogonal to the optical circuit board, and an optical coupling element configured to spatially optically-couple an input-output port for the transmission signal light and the reception signal light provided at the bidirectional optical communication chip to an input-output port of an optical fiber.
Abstract:
A performance of a semiconductor device is improved. In a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, a first semiconductor portion and a second semiconductor portion made of silicon are formed on a base body via an insulation layer, and a third semiconductor portion including a semiconductor layer made of germanium is formed on the second semiconductor portion. Next, an insulation film is formed above the first semiconductor portion, an opening portion reaching the first semiconductor portion from an upper surface of the insulation film is formed, and a metal silicide layer is formed on a part of an upper surface of the first semiconductor portion exposed to the opening portion.
Abstract:
A modulated light source includes a ring modulator, a first optical waveguide and a second optical waveguide that are optically connected to the ring modulator, and a third optical waveguide that optically connects an end of the first optical waveguide and an end of the second optical waveguide. At least part of the third optical waveguide has optical gain, and an optical waveguide loop including the ring modulator, the first optical waveguide, the second optical waveguide, and the third optical waveguide is used as a resonator to cause laser oscillation.
Abstract:
An optical circuit, wherein the effects of reflected light generated by an optical component are reduced. The optical circuit (100) is provided with an optical branching (110) for branching light, an optical coupler (114) for coupling a first portion of branched light to an optical waveguide (118) for transmission, and an optical reflecting unit (116) for reflecting a second portion of the branched light, the phase difference between the reflected light from the optical coupler (114) and the reflected light from the optical reflecting unit (116) being (2m−1)π (where m is an integer) on an input side of the optical branching (110).
Abstract:
An optical element includes: a first delayed interferometer; and a second delayed interferometer and a third delayed interferometer cascaded to the first delayed interferometer. The first delayed interferometer includes: a first optical coupler and a second optical coupler; a first waveguide between the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler; a second waveguide between the first optical coupler and the second optical coupler, the second waveguide being longer than the first waveguide; and a ring waveguide that is coupled to the first waveguide. A difference between a length of the first waveguide and a length of the second waveguide differs from a difference in lengths corresponding to a channel spacing by a length corresponding to a phase displacement caused by loading of the ring waveguide.
Abstract:
A control method of an optical element, including light sources to emit lights having different wavelengths from each other, and ring modulators connected in cascade along a light waveguide, is disclosed. Each ring modulator includes a ring resonator, and a wavelength adjustment electrode to adjust a resonance wavelength in the ring resonator, wherein the lights from the light sources are multiplexed to enter the light waveguide. The method includes having a light source emit the light; adjusting power to the wavelength adjustment electrode in each ring modulator, to obtain a value of the power causing the resonance wavelength of the ring resonator, equivalent to the wavelength of the light emitted from the light source; obtaining a relationship between the light sources and the values of the power corresponding to the ring modulators; and selecting the ring modulators corresponding to the light sources based on the relationship.
Abstract:
There is provided a semiconductor laser module with a semiconductor laser chip, in which a first optical waveguide is formed, flip-chip mounted on a silicon substrate with a mesa structure in which a second optical waveguide is formed. The optical axes of the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide make a specified angle with lines perpendicular to the respective cleavage planes. Alignment marks are provided on the silicon substrate and the semiconductor laser chip at at least two positioning locations to enable mounting of the semiconductor laser chip by passive alignment. The mounting position is decided so that laser light emitted in a direction of the optical axis of the first optical waveguide and refracted at the emission surface, is refracted at the incident surface of the second optical waveguide and becomes incident in the direction of the optical axis of the second optical waveguide.
Abstract:
A computing machine according to the present disclosure includes: control managing means for controlling communication between a plurality of computing machines; and management register means for managing communication setting information which sets communication between the computing machines and communication state information which indicates a state of the communication. The computing machine includes edge control means for, upon receiving a signal from one of the computing machines, sorting the signal into a control signal and data based on the communication setting information set in the management register means and in accordance with the number of clocks for processing the signal.
Abstract:
A modulated light source includes an FP laser that emits light in a plurality of Fabry-Perot (FP) modes, a band-pass filter whose center wavelength can be modulated, a light reflector that selectively feeds only light having passed through the modulation filter back to the FP laser, and a wavelength adjustment mechanism that adjusts the center wavelength so as to coincide with one of the predetermined FP mode when the light fed back to the FP laser is used as seed light for stimulated emission of radiation to cause selective light emission at an oscillation wavelength.
Abstract:
A circuit board (100) has a first surface (102). A semiconductor chip (200) (first semiconductor chip) is located at the first surface side (102) of the circuit board (100). An insulating layer (300) covers the first surface (102) of the circuit board (100) and the semiconductor chip (200). A conductive path (310) (first conductive path) is electrically connected to the semiconductor chip (200) and extends in the insulating layer (300). A waveguide (320) is optically coupled to the semiconductor chip (200) and extends in the insulating layer (300).