摘要:
In a semiconductor laser capable of changing its polarization mode, there are arranged a plurality of regions in its cavity direction and each region includes an active layer and a diffraction grating. The laser is driven by performing a control for switching the polarization mode to a region of the laser, out of the plurality of regions, where a refractive index is easier to be changed by a control than the other region.
摘要:
A diffraction grating includes first regions for mainly reflecting first polarized light and second regions for mainly reflecting second polarized light. The first regions and the second regions are alternately arranged in a light propagation direction in a variety of manners to appropriately set its polarization-mode dependency according to need. An optical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a laser structure and that diffraction grating formed in the laser structure. The laser structure is a distributed feedback semiconductor laser structure or a distributed Bragg reflector semiconductor laser structure formed on the semiconductor substrate.
摘要:
A semiconductor quantum well structure having at least two quantum wells, each having an electron quantum level, a heavy hole quantum level and a light hole quantum level. In the two quantum wells, only their respective heavy hole quantum levels or their respective light hole quantum levels coincide with each other. Further, there is a construction in which a barrier portion between the two quantum wells has a thickness and a band gap which allow connecting the wave functions of the respective electrons between the two quantum wells. Alternatively, the thickness and band gap of the barrier allow the connection between the quantum wells of the wave functions of those holes whose quantum levels coincide with each other. In order to set the hole quantum level to a desired quantum level, a specific construction imparts an appropriate strain to the quantum wells.
摘要:
An optical semiconductor apparatus includes a single substrate, at least two semiconductor laser portions each having a semiconductor laser structure and a current injection unit for independently injecting currents into the at least two semiconductor laser portions. The semiconductor laser portions are serially arranged on the substrate in a light propagation direction and respectively includes waveguides having active layers, and layer-extending planes of the waveguides partially overlap and are not parallel to each other. The electric-field directions of TE modes in the respective semiconductor laser portions are parallel to the layer-extending planes of the waveguides, so that the non-parallel layer-extending planes of the waveguides can establish non-parallel TE modes in the respective semiconductor laser portions. In such an integrated optical semiconductor apparatus, such as an integrated semiconductor laser apparatus and an integrated semiconductor optical amplifier apparatus, the polarization mode dependency of gain can be controlled by unevenly injecting current into the semiconductor laser portions whose TE modes are not parallel to each other.
摘要:
A light source apparatus includes a light source, a mode selecting unit, a light source control unit and a mode selection control unit. An oscillation mode of the light source is switchable between a first mode under a first stimulated condition and a second mode under a second stimulated condition, and an oscillation wavelength of the light source is changeable. The mode selecting unit selects between oscillation light in the first mode and oscillation light in the second mode emitted from the light source, and the mode selecting unit can change the mode to be selected between the first mode and the second mode. The light source control unit modulates the oscillation mode of the light source between the first mode and the second mode in accordance with a modulation signal and changes the oscillation wavelength of the light in the unselected mode to set this wavelength to a desired value, in response to an instruction from equipment connected to the light source apparatus, while repressing fluctuation of the oscillation wavelength of the light in the selected mode. The mode selection control unit controls the mode selecting unit to switch the mode to be selected by the mode selecting unit to the mode of the light whose oscillation wavelength has been set to the desired value by the light source control unit.
摘要:
A semiconductor optical filter that includes a semiconductor substrate and a laser structure formed on the substrate. The laser structure includes an active layer of a quantum well structure and a grating formed along the active layer. The active layer is constructed to have a ground state level and an energy level other than the ground state level. A saturation gain of the ground state level is set to a value less than an internal loss, and the other energy level is set to permit an increase in the amount of carriers injected into the laser structure. The laser structure is typically a distributed feedback type laser structure. Anti-reflection coatings may be formed on the end surfaces of the laser structure.
摘要:
An optical communication terminal detects an unused first wavelength in a wavelength range in response to a transmission request and transmits a call signal to a transmission destination using the first wavelength. An acknowledgement signal from the destination is detected in a portion of the wavelength range not including the first wavelength. When a call signal addressed to the terminal from another terminal is detected thereat and the terminal is ready for communication, an unused second wavelength in the wavelength range is detected and an acknowledgement signal is sent using the second wavelength in response to the call signal.
摘要:
A waveguide optical element includes a waveguide layer which is formed on a substrate, through which light propagates and which has an end face from which the propagation light becomes incident on the waveguide layer or emerges, a thin film formed on the end face of the waveguide layer, for increasing or decreasing a reflectance of light at end face, and control means having an electrode formed on a portion of the waveguide layer, for controlling a refractive index of the portion of the waveguide layer, which portion is in contact with the thin film. And its driving method is provided.
摘要:
This invention relates to a novel pyridone carboxylic acid derivative having a substituted or unsubstituted cyclopropyl group at the 10-position of pyridobenzoxazine, pyridobenzothiazine or pyridoquinoxaline and a salt thereof, a process for the production thereof and an antibacterial agent comprising the same.