OPTICAL WAVEGUIDE DEVICE, OPTICAL MODULATOR, OPTICAL MODULATION MODULE, AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20230258967A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-17

    申请号:US18012021

    申请日:2021-08-03

    CPC classification number: G02F1/0356 G02F1/212 G02B6/4206

    Abstract: In an optical waveguide device using a convex optical waveguide, the absorption loss of guided light at an intersection between an optical waveguide and an electrode is reduced, without deteriorating optical characteristics and reducing long-term reliability. Provided is an optical waveguide device including a substrate on which an optical waveguide is formed, and an electrode having an intersection crossing over the optical waveguide on the substrate, in which the optical waveguide is formed with a protruding portion extending on the substrate, a resin layer is provided between the optical waveguide and the electrode at the intersection, the resin layer is formed to cover an upper surface and a side surface of the protruding portion of the optical waveguide, and in a cross section along a width direction of the optical waveguide, a boundary with the electrode is formed with a curve.

    OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220334415A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17763959

    申请日:2020-09-15

    Abstract: An optical modulator includes: an optical modulation element including a plurality of signal electrodes and generating two modulated light beams, each of which is modulated by two sets of electrical signals; a plurality of signal input terminals, each of which inputs an electrical signal; a relay substrate on which a plurality of signal and ground conductor patterns are formed, the relay substrate propagating the two sets of electrical signals by two pairs of the adjacent signal conductor patterns; and a housing, in which at least one signal conductor pattern includes at least one component mounting portion including at least a parallel circuit of a resistor and a capacitor, and the relay substrate includes a metal body connected on the ground conductor pattern or a substrate removal portion that sandwiches a portion of the signal conductor pattern downstream of the component mounting portion along a propagation direction of the electrical signal.

    OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION APPARATUS USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220291533A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-15

    申请号:US17632627

    申请日:2020-08-07

    Abstract: An optical modulator includes a relay substrate having signal conductor patterns that connect signal input terminals and signal electrodes of an optical modulation element and ground conductor patterns, and a housing, in which the signal conductor pattern includes a component mounting portion including an electrical circuit element. Two ground conductor patterns sandwiching the signal conductor pattern are formed in an asymmetrical shape in a plan view within a component mounting area having a square shape in the plan view centered on the component mounting portion. A direction of a side of the component mounting area having the square shape is same as the extending direction of the signal conductor pattern and a length of a side of the component mounting area is equal to a distance from a center of the component mounting portion to a portion on an adjacent signal conductor pattern closest to the center.

    Optical waveguide element, optical modulator, optical modulation module, and optical transmission device

    公开(公告)号:US11333909B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-17

    申请号:US17105615

    申请日:2020-11-26

    Abstract: An optical waveguide element is provided to effectively reduce an optical absorption loss of waveguide light which may occur at an intersecting part between an optical waveguide and an electrode without causing deterioration in optical characteristics and degradation of long-term reliability of the optical waveguide element. The optical waveguide element includes an optical waveguide formed in a substrate, and an electrode controlling optical waves propagated in the optical waveguide and having an intersecting part intersecting the optical waveguide thereabove. A portion of a resin layer is provided between the optical waveguide and the electrode in a portion of the substrate including the intersecting part. A corner of the resin layer on a side of the electrode is constituted to be a curve in a cross section in an extending direction of the electrode.

    OPTICAL MODULATOR AND OPTICAL TRANSMISSION DEVICE USING SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220146902A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17605690

    申请日:2020-04-23

    Abstract: An optical modulator includes an optical modulation element having a plurality of signal electrodes, a plurality of signal input terminals, a relay substrate on which a plurality of signal conductor patterns that electrically connect the signal input terminals and the signal electrodes and a plurality of ground conductor patterns are formed, and a housing. A signal input side and signal output side of the relay substrate face each other in a plan view, and electromagnetic wave propagation suppressing units that are made of a material that absorbs electromagnetic waves and have a height protruding from a surface of the relay substrate are provided, along at least one side of an end portion of the signal input side and an end portion of the signal output side in the plan view.

    Optical modulator and optical transmission device using same

    公开(公告)号:US11187959B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-30

    申请号:US16911573

    申请日:2020-06-25

    Inventor: Toru Sugamata

    Abstract: To provide a highly-reliable low-cost small optical modulator in which temperature drift is suppressed and an optical transmission device using the same. An optical modulator including an optical waveguide substrate 1 on which an optical waveguide is formed, a signal electrode which is provided on the optical waveguide substrate and applies an electric field to the optical waveguide, a termination substrate 3 provided with a termination resistor that terminates the signal electrode, and a housing 6 in which the optical waveguide substrate and the termination substrate are mounted, in which, in order to suppress conduction of heat generated from the termination resistor to the optical waveguide substrate through the housing, a groove 8 is formed in the housing 6 between the termination substrate 3 and the optical waveguide substrate 1.

    Optical modulator and optical transmission apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US10921620B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-16

    申请号:US15719730

    申请日:2017-09-29

    Abstract: An optical modulator includes an optical modulation element (102) including a plurality of signal electrodes (112a and the like), a plurality of lead pins (116a and the like) for inputting high frequency signals, and a relay substrate (118) in which conductor patterns (202a and the like) that electrically connect the lead pins and the signal electrodes are formed, and at least one of the conductor patterns in the optical modulator is constituted so that at least one resonant frequency of the at least one of the conductor patterns is different from at least one resonant frequency of at least one of the other conductor patterns.

    Optical modulator and optical transmission device using same

    公开(公告)号:US10732481B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-08-04

    申请号:US16073965

    申请日:2016-08-30

    Inventor: Toru Sugamata

    Abstract: To provide a highly-reliable low-cost small optical modulator in which temperature drift is suppressed and an optical transmission device using the same. An optical modulator including an optical waveguide substrate 1 on which an optical waveguide is formed, a signal electrode which is provided on the optical waveguide substrate and applies an electric field to the optical waveguide, a termination substrate 3 provided with a termination resistor that terminates the signal electrode, and a housing 6 in which the optical waveguide substrate and the termination substrate are mounted, in which, in order to suppress conduction of heat generated from the termination resistor to the optical waveguide substrate through the housing, a groove 8 is formed in the housing 6 between the termination substrate 3 and the optical waveguide substrate 1.

    Waveguide optical element
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10228605B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-03-12

    申请号:US15893849

    申请日:2018-02-12

    Abstract: A waveguide optical element which includes a plurality of optical waveguides provided on a substrate having an electro-optic effect includes: a plurality of signal electrodes controlling light waves propagating through the optical waveguides; and a plurality of ground electrodes provided so as to interpose each of the signal electrodes therebetween, in which at least one of the ground electrodes includes a first layer and a second layer formed on the first layer, the second layer is formed such that a distance between the second layer and the signal electrode adjacent to the second layer is larger than a distance between the first layer and said signal electrode adjacent to said second layer, and a thickness of the ground electrode which includes the first layer and the second layer is 25 μm or more.

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