摘要:
Disclosed is an optical device module having a heat transfer medium via a phase transformation for overcoming the non-uniform temperature distribution. The optical device module includes an optical device that requires temperature control; a temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the optical device; a heat source for generating heat; and, a heat transfer medium, disposed between the heat source and the optical device, with a number of heat pipes inside thereof.
摘要:
A 1×N optical wavelength-division demultiplexer alignment apparatus including a 1×N optical wavelength-division demultiplexer including an input waveguide, N output waveguides and a plurality of alignment waveguides positioned around the input and output waveguides, for demultiplexing signal light and supplying the demultiplexed signal light to the N output waveguides if the signal light has a wavelength in a communication wavelength region, and for supplying the signal light to the alignment waveguides if the signal light has wavelengths outside the communication wavelength region. A single optical fiber block has a single optical fiber to transmit the signal light to the 1×N optical wavelength-division demultiplexer, a multiple optical fiber block having N optical fibers connected to output sides of the N waveguides and alignment optical fibers connected to output sides of the alignment waveguides.
摘要:
An apparatus for aligning an optical waveguide device has functional waveguides for transmitting signal light and internal and external waveguides, located on the periphery of the functional waveguides, with optical fiber blocks and includes an optical source, a first optical fiber block having a plurality of first functional optical fibers each connected to one end of each of the functional waveguides, and a plurality of first alignment optical fibers each aligned with one end of each of the internal and external waveguides for transmitting light generated by the optical source, a second optical fiber block having a plurality of second functional optical fibers each connected to the other end of each of the functional waveguides, and a plurality of second alignment optical fibers each aligned with the other end of each of the internal and external waveguides, a measuring unit for measuring an intensity of light output from the second alignment optical fibers, and a controller for receiving the intensity of light from the measuring unit and finely adjusting the alignment of the first optical fiber block with the optical waveguide device and the optical waveguide device with the second optical fiber block in order to maximize the received intensity of light. A waveguide-type optical device can be aligned with optical fiber blocks regardless of the wavelength, by using input and output alignment optical fibers and internal and external bending waveguides in the optical device. Therefore, there is no need to know accurately the wavelength properties of an individual device.
摘要:
An arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) provided with alignment waveguides, and an apparatus for aligning the arrayed waveguide grating wavelength division multiplexer. The wavelength division multiplexer is provided with alignment waveguides, to be used upon coupling the optical waveguide device to optical fiber blocks, in addition to waveguides required for achievement of desired functions, so that it can achieve a desired alignment irrespective of the achievement of those functions. Accordingly, it is unnecessary to know respective operation characteristics of individual devices, thus easy and rapid alignment and bonding can be achieved. In accordance with the present invention, the operation wavelength of the optical wavelength device can be determined by detecting the wavelength of the light output from each alignment waveguide. Accordingly, it is possible to simply determine whether or not the optical waveguide device operates normally.